The European
Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt
English as the preferred
language for European communications, rather than German, which
was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government
conceded that English spelling
had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year
phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).
In the first
year, 's' will be used instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants will
resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard 'c' will be replaced with 'k.' Not
only will this
klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will
be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced
by 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20 per sent shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the
fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' by 'z' and 'w'
by 'v'.
During ze
fifz year, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords containing 'ou', and similar
changes vud of kors; be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil b no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru. Return to top
The
phone rings at FBI headquarters.
"Hello?"
"Hello,
is this FBI?"
"Yes.
What do you want?"
"I'm
calling to report my neighbour Tom. He is hiding marijuana in his
firewood."
"This
will be noted."
Next
day, the FBI comes over to Tom's house. They search the shed where the firewood
is kept, break every piece of wood, find no marijuana, swear at Tom and leave.
The
phone rings at Tom's house.
"Hey,
Tom! Did the FBI come?"
"Yeah!"
"Did
they chop your firewood?"
"Yeah
they did."
"Okay,
now it's your turn to call. I need my garden ploughed."
Adam
was walking around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely, so God asked him,
“What is wrong with you?”
Adam
said he didn't have anyone to talk to.
God
said that He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be a
woman. He said, “This person will gather food for you, cook for you, and
when you discover clothing she'll wash it for you. She will always agree
with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you
to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will not nag
you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a
disagreement. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love
and passion whenever you need it.
Adam
asked God, “What will a woman like this cost?”
God
replied, “An arm and a leg.”
Then
Adam asked, “What can I get for a rib?”
The
rest is history....
Two
men waiting at the Pearly Gates strike up a conversation.
"How'd
you die?" the first man asks the second.
"I froze to death," says the second.
"That's awful," says the first man. "How does it feel to
freeze to death?"
"It's very uncomfortable at first," says the second man. "You
get the shakes, and you get pains in all your fingers and toes. But
eventually, it's a very calm way to go. You get numb and you kind of drift
off, as if you're sleeping. How about you, how did you die?"
§
Marriage
is the number one cause of divorce. It's TRUE! Statistically 100% of all
divorces started with marriage!
§
I
married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
§
Marriage
is a 3-ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.
§
The
last fight was my fault. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?" I
said, "Dust!"
§
In
the beginning, God created earth and rested. Then God created man and
rested. Then God created woman. Since then, neither God nor man has rested.
§ Why
do men die before their wives? They want to.
§ A
beggar walked up to a well dressed woman shopping on Rodeo Drive and said,
"I haven't eaten anything in four days." She looked at him and
said, "I wish I had your willpower."
§
Do
you know the punishment for bigamy? Two mothers-in-law.
§
Young
son: Is it true, Dad? I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't
know his wife until he marries her? Dad: That happens in every country, son.
§
A
man inserted an 'ad' in the classified: "Wife wanted". Next day he
received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have
mine."
§
The
most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
§
First
guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
§
How
do most men define marriage? An expensive way to get laundry done for free.
§
Just
think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they
had no faults at all!
§
If
you want your wife to listen and pay undivided attention to every word you
say, talk in your sleep.
§
Then
there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I
got married; and then it was too late."
§
A
little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get
married? And the father replied, "I don't know, son, I'm still paying.
Can
someone explain why we go to work??
IN
PRISON.....You spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell.
AT WORK.....You spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle.
IN
PRISON.....You get three meals a day.
AT
WORK.....You only get a break for 1 meal (if you are lucky) and you have to
pay for it.
IN
PRISON.....You get time off for good behavior.
AT
WORK.....You get rewarded for good behavior with more work.
IN
PRISON.....A guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT
WORK.....You must carry around a security card and unlock and
open
all the doors yourself.
IN PRISON.....You can watch TV and play games.
AT
WORK.....You get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN
PRISON.....You get your own toilet.
AT
WORK.....You have to share.
IN
PRISON.....They allow your family and friends to visit.
AT
WORK.....You cannot even speak to your family and friends.
IN
PRISON.....All expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required.
AT
WORK.....You get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct
taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN
PRISON.....You spend most of your life looking through bars from the inside
wanting to get out.
AT
WORK.....You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN
PRISON.....There are wardens who are often sadistic.
AT
WORK.....They are called supervisors.
IN
PRISON.....You have unlimited time to read e-mail jokes.
AT
WORK.....You get fired if you get caught.
Two friends went out to play golf and were about to tee off, when one
fellow noticed that his partner had but one golf ball.
"Don't you have at least one other golf ball?", he asked.
The other guy replied that no, he only needed the one. "Are you
sure?", the friend persisted. "What happens if you lose that
ball?" The other guy replied, "This is a very special golf ball. I
won't lose it so I don't need another one."
Well," the friend asked, "What happens if you miss your
shot and the ball goes in the lake?"
"That's okay," he replied, "This special golf ball
floats. I'll be able to retrieve it."
"Well what happens if you hit it into the trees and it gets lost
among the bushes and shrubs?"
The other guy replied, "That's okay too. You see, this special
golf ball has a homing beacon. I'll be able to get it back, no
problem."
Exasperated, the friend asks, "Okay. Let's say our game goes
late, the sun goes down, and you hit your ball into a sand trap. What are
you going to do then?"
"No problem," says the other guy, "You see, this ball
is fluourescent. I'll be able to see it in the dark."
Finally satisfied that he needs only the one golf ball, the friend
asks, "Hey, where did you get a golf ball like that anyway?"