Collection 16

The Earth[1]

Teacher: What is the shape[2] of the Earth?

Mike: It is round.

Teacher: How do you know that it is round, Mike?

Mike: All right, it is oval[3] then. I don't want to start an argument[4] about it!

A beggar[5] walked up to a well-dressed woman shopping on Rodeo Drive and said, "I haven't eaten anything for days!"

She looked at him and said, "God, I wish I had your will-power[6]."

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Marriage is a 3-ring circle: Engagement[7] ring, Wedding[8] ring, Suffering[9].

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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."

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A man inserted an advertisement in the classified ads[10], "Wife wanted.[11]"

The next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing, "You can have mine."

[1] The Earth - планета Земля

[2] Shape - форма

[3] Oval - овальная

[4] Argument - спор

[5] beggar - попрошайка

[6] will-power - сила воли

[7] engagement - помолвка

[8] wedding - бракосочетание, венчание

[9] suffering - страданиe

[10] classified ads - тематические объявления в газете

[11] Wife wanted. - Ищу жену.