Off topic: George Carlin strikes again! Hope you enjoy. Thread poster: cotasur
| cotasur Chile Local time: 15:06 Spanish to English + ...
1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water?Try spelling Evian backwards.NAIVE > > 2. Isn\'t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool? > > > > 3. OK... so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the \"Jags\" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the \"Bucs\",what does that make the Tennessee Titans? > > > > 4. If 4 out of 5 people SU... See more 1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water?Try spelling Evian backwards.NAIVE > > 2. Isn\'t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool? > > > > 3. OK... so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the \"Jags\" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the \"Bucs\",what does that make the Tennessee Titans? > > > > 4. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea. Does that mean that one enjoys it? > > > > 5. There are three religious truths: > > A. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. > > B. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. > > C. Baptists do not recognize each Other in the liquor store or at Hooters. > > > > 6. If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times,does he become disoriented? > > > > 7. If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren\'t people from Holland called Holes? > > > > 8. Why do we say something is out of whack? What\'s a whack? > > > > 9. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? > > > > 10. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? > > > > 11. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? > > > > 12. When someone asks you, \"A penny for your thoughts\" and you put your two cents in. . . What happens to the other penny? > > > > 13. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? > > > > 14. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren\'t they just stale bread to begin with? > > > > 15. When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say? > > > > 16. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car not called a racist? > > > > 17. Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? > > > > 18. Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? > > > > 19. Why isn\'t the number 11 pronounced onety one? > > > > 20. \"I am\" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that \"I do\" is the longest sentence? > > > > 21. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn\'t it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed. > > > > 22. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge. Would they call it Fed UP? > > > > 23. Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks? > > > > 24. What hair color do they put on the driver\'s licenses of bald men? > > > > 25. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older then it dawned on me. They\'re cramming for their final exam. > > > > 26. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks? > > > > 27. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don\'t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the letter carrier can look for them while they deliver the mail? > > > > 28. If it\'s true that we are here to help others,then what exactly are the others here for? > > > > 29. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. > > > > 30. No one ever says,\"It\'s only a game\" when their team is winning. > > > > 31. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn\'t zigzag? > > > > 32. Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts. > > > > 33. If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose? > > > > 34. Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?
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Thank you! .... say my endorphines
Aurora
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I have a fond memory of George Carlin coming up to me as a 17 year old girl working in the makeup department of a big department store near Chicago. He was with some friends in suits (probably writers or agents or who knows) and he was wearing liederhosen (sorry for my spelling, I don\'t know German) and came up to ask me if I sold perfumed nail polish. This was a crazy question at the time (I do believe that the stuff came out a few years later) and he had me put some polish on his fingers to... See more | |
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MikeGarcia Spain Local time: 21:06 English to Spanish + ... In memoriam TopTrans rides again! | Aug 8, 2002 |
So funny and so true! That wonderful Carlin\'s way of mixing picaresque,spicy bits,humour at its best and naiveté is unique! Thank you so very much! [addsig] | | | |
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