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No Thorn, No Rose
Q: Where do roses sleep? A: In a flower bed! Explanation: According to many surveys, roses are one of the most popular flowers. Although they have thorns, some people say that they are not that hard to grow. When you have … Continue reading
Turkey Crossing
Q: Why did the turkey cross the road? A: So people would think he was a chicken! Explanation: Happy Thanksgiving! In many countries throughout the world people celebrate a day of thanks. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the … Continue reading
Banner’s Begonias
Q: Why was the Incredible Hulk so good at gardening? A: Because he had a green thumb! Explanation: Dr. David/Robert Bruce Banner becomes the superhero known as the Hulk, or the Incredible Hulk, when he becomes angry. In that process of … Continue reading
A Kiss from the Count
Q: What’s it like being kissed by a vampire? A: It’s a pain in the neck! Explanation: Happy Halloween to those of you who celebrate! Many countries around the world celebrate Halloween, or another somewhat-related holiday around this time of year. … Continue reading
Peanut Butter and Worry
Q: Why was the jelly so stressed out? A: Because it was spread too thin! Explanation: Jelly is a food made by boiling fruit juice with sugar until it becomes thick and sort of transparent. Jelly is similar to jam, marmalade, … Continue reading
Oceans Apart
Q: Why didn’t the girl trust the ocean? A: Because there was something fishy about it! Explanation: While there are five named oceans, Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern, there is really only one world ocean. I would recommend having much … Continue reading
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Cantankerous Granny Smith
Q: When is an apple grouchy? A: When it is a crab apple! Explanation: In the north it is apple-picking season, and time for pumpkin spice everything! Apples are fruit, so of course they are never grouchy. A person who is … Continue reading
Gone with the Wind
Q: Why did the kids fire their squirt guns into the air on that windy day? A: They were just shooting the breeze! Explanation: A squirt gun shoots a stream of water, much like a spray bottle, but in the form … Continue reading
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Tagged EAL, English, ESL, funny, gone with the wind, humor, Idiom, joke, play, shoot the breeze, Spray bottle, Squirt gun
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Edgy Endurance
Q: What lies on the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A: A nervous wreck! Explanation: Did you hear that Shakleton’s ship, Endurance, was found back in March? It sank to the bottom of the Antarctic ocean in 1915, and has … Continue reading
Come out, come out wherever you are!
Q: Why are false teeth like stars? A: Because they come out at night! Explanation: When I was a kid, my dad had this neat trick that would always make us laugh: While driving, he would loosen his lower front teeth … Continue reading
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