Oct 072006
 

A Swiss guy visiting Sydney, Australia, pulls up at a bus stop where two locals are waiting. “Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?” he asks.

The two Aussies just stare at him.

“Excusez-moi, parlez vous Francais?” he tries.

The two continue to stare.

“Parlare Italiano?”

No response.

“Hablan ustedes Espanol?”

Still nothing.

The Swiss guy drives off, extremely disgusted. The first Aussie turns to the second and says, “Y’know, maybe we should learn a foreign language.”

“Why?” says the other. “That guy knew four languages, and it didn’t do him any good.”

Oct 072006
 

A mother mouse and a baby mouse are walking along, when all of a sudden, a cat attacks them.
The mother mouse goes, “BARK!” and the cat
runs away.
“See?” says the mother mouse to her baby. “Now do you see why it’s important to learn a foreign language?”

Oct 072006
 

The New York City school board has officially declared
Jewish English – now dubbed Hebonics – as a second
language. Backers of the move say the city’s School
District is the first in the state to recognize
Hebonics as a valid language and significant attribute
of New York culture. According to Howard Schollman,
linguistics professor at New York University and
renowned Hebonics scholar, the sentence structure of
Hebonics derives from middle and eastern European
language patterns, as well as Yiddish. Continue reading »

Sep 072006
 

Eye Halve a Spelling Chequer
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

Sep 072006
 

Q: How many letters are there in the alphabet?
A: Twenty-four, because E.T. went home.
Q: What do you call Santa’s Helpers?
A: Subordinate clauses!
Q: What does Santa call his wife at tax time?
A: A dependent Claus.