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A Parrot and a Shtick
Q: What is bright orange and sounds like a parrot?A: A carrot! Explanation: Yes! A second parrot joke! As you can hear when you read the joke aloud, parrot rhymes with carrot. This joke is funny because the question has a … Continue reading
Swing, Batter!
Q: Why was Cinderella so lousy at baseball?A: Because she ran away from the ball and had a pumpkin for a coach! Explanation: In the United States, baseball spring training has started in Florida and Arizona so how about a baseball … Continue reading
A Tiger (fish) in your Tank
Q: While in their tank, what did one fish say to the other fish?A: Do you know how to drive this thing?! Explanation: If you have a fish at home, it is in a tank: a fish tank (also called an … Continue reading
The Nose Knows
Q: What did the right eye say to the left eye?A: Hey buddy, just between you and me, something smells! Explanation: More jokes about your face! The phrase “something smells” usually means that something is giving off, emitting, a bad … Continue reading
I Am Not Swearing
Q: What did the fish say when he swam into the concrete wall? A: Dam! Explanation: As a language learner, it is important to know the swear words, the bad words, the words you probably shouldn’t say. Dam is not a … Continue reading
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Tagged Attenborough, beaver, dam, damn, distance learning, EAL, education, English, ESL, funny, humor, joke, ouch, swear words
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Oh Brother!
Q: Why can’t a woman ask her brother for help? A: Because he can’t be a brother and assist her too! Explanation: Of course a woman can ask her brother for help! Just not in this joke. The words in this … Continue reading
Book ’em, Danno
Q: How do you keep a bagel from getting away? A: Put lox on it! Explanation: Bagels are a type of bread that look like a donut. They are round and have a hole in the middle, but they are not … Continue reading
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Tagged bagel, cream cheese, distance learning, EAL, English, ESL, food, funny, Hawaii 5-0, homophone, humor, joke, learning, locks, lox
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Dear Bare
Q: What do you call a bear with no ears?A: B! Explanation: Get it? If you take the word bears and cross off the word ears (bears) you are left with just the letter ‘b.’ Silly, I know. So here is … Continue reading
Making Things Alright
Q: Where does satisfaction come from?A: A satisfactory! Explanation: Satisfaction is that feeling you get when things work out. I think of it as a feeling of calm joy because life is good, if only for a moment. There are other … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheesecake, distance learning, EAL, English, ESL, factory, funny, humor, joke, Rolling Stones, Satisfaction, satisfactory
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An English Christmas
Q: What do you call Santa’s helpers?A: Subordinate Clauses! Explanation: Merry Christmas! In the telling of the story of Santa Claus, the people who help Santa make the toys are typically called elves (one elf, two elves). They are the helpers; … Continue reading
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