In a sales company, the boss said to one of his employees,
"The main thing to remember is repetition, repetition, repetition! That's the key! If you have a product to sell, keep harping on it in every way possible. Repeat it; cram it down people's throats. Even make yourself sickening and repulsive if you have to, but don't everforget to repeat, repeat, repeat. It's the only way to get results and sell our products!"
So, the employee said, "Yes, sir!"
Then the boss said, "Now, what was it you came to see me about?"
And the employee replied, "Well, sir, it's about a raise, a raise, a raise!"
a man went to the police office wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"you will get your chance in court." said the desk sergeant.
"no, no, no." said the man. "i want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. i've been trying to do that for years."
An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings currently on display. "I've got good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman inquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all fifteen of your paintings."
"That's wonderful!" the artist exclaimed, "What's the bad news?". With concern, the gallery owner replied, "The guy was your doctor."
Have a neuropathy, I do not know where to get a handful of pistols, he is gone in a little black alley. When suddenly a young man, neuropathy apart from anything else its guns on the ground by pointing to his head. Asked one plus a few zero. Terrified young people, thought for a long time. Answer, equals two. Neuropathy of the killing he did not hesitate. And then get pulled in his arms, said a cold, you know too much ...
Little Johnny says "Mom, when I was on the bus with Daddy this morning, he told me to give up my seat to a lady."
"You've done the right thing," says Mommy.
"But Mommy, I was sitting on daddy's lap."
给女士让座
小强尼说:“妈妈,今天早上和爸爸在公车上时,他叫我让座给一位女士。”
妈妈说:“你做得很对呀。”
“但是,妈妈,我是坐在爸爸膝盖上的。”
Driving through the hill country of Texas,just north of San Antonio,we watched the sky turn a brilliant orange at sunset. At my wife's pleading,we stopped and walked up a hill,which turned out to be the top of a cliff. Before us lay the picturesque postcard setting we had been looking for
during all our vacation. Below was a large green valley circled by hills. Exhilarated by the tangerine sky, long shadows,and a slight breeze carrying the scent of green grass,my wife suddenly shouted:“Thank you,Mother Nature,for so much beautyl”
Then, a distant voice was heard from across the valley:"No charge!”
接着,从远处山谷的那一边传来了一声,“不要付钱了。”
Although my mother,a native of Japan, has lived for 55 years in the United States,she has not adapted complete1y to the cultural change. This is especiallly obvious during her infrequent forays into a large city.
One day she boarded a bus in Los Angeles,deposited a $5 bill in the coin box and held out her hand for change.Because the coin box is not built to accept paper money,the bus driver growled:“Okay,lady. If you get that bill out,you can ride for free. Otherwise we're going to have to dis-mantle this coin box."
Early one morning, my next-door neighbor set to work with a power hedge-trimmer. He was half through the job when a neighbor appeared,still in his pajamas. He was carrying his own power clipper and offered his help, which was gratefully accepted. When the job was done, my neighbor thanked his benefactor,commenting that it had been "a real neighborly act".
Mike was late for school. He said to his teacher, Mr. Black, "Excuse me for my coming late, sir. I watched a football match in my dream."
"Why did it make you late?" inquired the teacher.
"Because neither team could win the game, so it lasted a long time." replied Mike.
麦克上学迟到了。他对布莱克老师说:“对不起,老师,今天早上我迟到了。因为我在梦里观看了一场球赛。”
“为什么它会让你迟到呢?”老师问道。
“因为这两个队都没有能力获胜,所以就持续的时间长了。”麦克回答说。
One day a little girl came home from school, and said to her mother, Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do.
The mother exclaimed, But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this! By the way, what was it that you didn't do?
The little girl replied, My homework.
一天,小女孩从学校回到家里,对妈妈说:妈妈,今天在学校里我因为一件我没有做的事情而受到惩罚。
妈妈激动地说:那真是太可怕了!我要跟你的老师好好谈一谈,对了,你没有做过的.那件事是什么?
小女孩回答说:我的家庭作业。
When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."
As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . "