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Classroom Activities:
Good Humor for English
Classrooms:
Number 1
There were
three restaurants on the same block. One day one of them put
up a sign which said "The Best Restaurant in the City."
The next
day, the largest restaurant on the block put up a larger
sign which said "The Best Restaurant in the World."
On the
third day, the smallest restaurant put up a small sign which
said "The Best Restaurant on this Block."
Number 2
One day a
student was taking a very difficult essay exam. At the end
of the test, the prof asked all the students to put their
pencils down and immediately hand in their tests. The young
man kept writing furioulsy, although he was warned that if
he did not stop immediately he would be disqualified. He
ignored the warning, finished the test 10
minutes later, and went to hand the test to his instructor.
The instructor told him he would not take the test.
The student
asked, "Do you know who I am?"
The prof
said, "No and I don't care."
The student
asked again, "Are you sure you don't know who I am?"
The prof again said no. So the student walked over to the
pile of tests, placed his in
the middle, then threw the papers in the air.
"Good" the
student said, and walked out. He passed.
Number 3
A woman got
on a bus, holding a baby.
The bus
driver said, "That's the ugliest baby I've ever seen."
In a huff,
the woman slammed her fare into the fare box and took an
aisle
seat near the rear of the bus.
The man
seated next to her sensed that she was agitated and asked
her what
was wrong.
"The bus
driver insulted me," she fumed.
The man
sympathized and said, "Why, he's a public servant and
shouldn't say
things to insult passengers."
"You're
right," she said. "I think I'll go back up there and give
him a piece of my mind."
"That's a
good idea," the man said. "Here, let me hold your monkey."
-"Dad, I
don't want to go to school today." said the boy.
"Why not,
son?"
"Well, one
of the chickens on the school farm died last week and we had
chicken soup for lunch the next day. Then three days ago one
of the pigs died and we had roast pork the next day."
"But why
don't you want to go today?"
"Because
our English teacher died yesterday!"
Number 5
A: My
husband got angry last night and told me to go to the devil.
B: What are you going to do about that?
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