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Our latest What’s So Funny? joke involves a husband, a wife, and the power of the “silent treatment.”
At my grocery store, the cashier asks me a question at the check-out.
A three-legged dog walks into a saloon.
The son says he’ll be good while his parents are out, but at what cost?
Three women arrive at the pearly gates of heaven.
A ham sandwich walks into a bar.
Americans have a long tradition of restaurant jokes where a customer complains and the waiter or waitress gives a funny answer. Today's joke is about some bad roast beef.
A patient visits the doctor’s office with a problem.
We have a riddle for you. Why does a chicken coop only have two doors?
I bought a cheap thesaurus. I guess you get what you pay for! Listen why.
Feel Like You Belong launches a new series of jokes from the world of science. Gather your techie friends around and see if they understand these latest bits of humor in English.
What's the difference between a well-dressed person on a bicycle and a poorly dressed person on a unicycle?
What's So Funny?
The difference between these two cycles is that a bicycle has two wheels (and tires), while a unicycle has one wheel (and tire). Another word for clothing is "attire."
An Englishman asks his server a question in the restaurant.
What's So Funny?
In British English, these two sentences are pronounced the same:
• It's bean soup. [= It is bean soup.]
• It's been soup. [= It has been soup.]
Note: In American English, been is pronounced like bin.
What happens when a one-hump camel and a two-hump camel have a little baby without humps? What do they name it?
What's So Funny?
This baby camel is free of humps.
A wife phones her husband while he's driving home on the freeway.
What's So Funny?
The wife warns her husband about a report that a crazy driver is going the wrong way down the highway. The husband's answer indicates that he is the person on the news report.
A zookeeper is having problems ordering replacement animals. Today's joke involves both critters and English grammar.
What's So Funny?
Some words in English have irregular plurals. For example: one goose, two geese. However, it's: one moose, two moose and one mouse, two mice. How can a speaker be sure of the correct grammar? By using the singular form…and then repeating it!
What do you say to comfort a grammar nerd who's very sad?
What's So Funny?
To comfort someone, we sometimes pat the person on the back or shoulder and say, "There, there, there." Of course, the nerdy people who know details of English grammar know there are three different ways to spell this word.
What did the bartender ask Charles Dickens when the author ordered a martini?
What's So Funny?
Two popular garnishes for a martini are an olive or a twist of lemon rind. Charles Dickens wrote a novel about an orphan boy in 19th century London named Oliver Twist.
Feel Like You Belong is a sometimes serious, sometimes funny, always “touch-your-heart” real conversation about fitting into the American culture. It introduces guests who have made the immigrant journey to the United States. The stories–of both struggle and success–will help newcomers feel more confident in sharing their opinions and expertise, more likely to want to stay in the U.S., be more productive in their jobs, and fully invest in their communities.