Yesterday I posted a joke about how French people speak English. Thankfully, my French friends all found this funny rather than insulting, and have not stormed the house with torches (yet). Since I got away with that, I will try offering up a really funny link about our German friends too!Amidst all this language silliness, I should note that tomorrow I start official regular French lessons with our village friend Claudie, which I hope will be a help in my mangling of français. A little at a time...
For fairness and equal humor for all, here are some of my favorite jokes about Americans:
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When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in 0 gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.
The Russians used a pencil.
_________________________Q: What do Americans call a TV set that goes five years without need of repair?
A: An import.
__________________________Q: What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages?
A: Tri-Lingual.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: Bi-Lingual.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks one language?
A: American!
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My mother has been recording stuff for us off of local NC TV's public-access channels, and we popped in our first disc today. Both of us promptly busted out laughing from the very first ten seconds, which featured a bunch of typical NC guys on a fishing boat... One long string of, "Ahtaleyuhwhut..Yayup..Sheeeit". You just don't realize how funny people "back home" talk until you've lived in another country for four years.
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