Thursday, 17 January 2013

FUN STUFF

                                        Tongue Twisters for Kids



  • She sells seashells on the seashore.
  • Flash message. Flash message.
  • Mix a box of mixed biscuits with a boxed biscuit mixer.
  • A proper copper coffee pot.
  • I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. Esau, he saw me.
  • Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
  • Lovely lemon liniment.
  • Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick.
  • Good blood, bad blood.
  • Three free throws.The instinct of an extinct insect stinks.
  • Comical economists. Comical economists.
  • Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
  • One-One was a racehorse.
    Two-Two was one, too.
    When One-One won one race,
    Two-Two won one, too.

                                      Funny English Words

    • Borborygmus - Stomach rumbling.Anencephalous - Absence of a brain.

    • Brouhaha - An uproar or noisy response.

    • Canoodle - Hugging and kissing.

    • Cantankerous - Bad tempered or grumpy.

    • Crudivore - Someone who eats raw food.

    • Discombobulate - To confuse someone.

    • Doozy - Something really good.

    • Fartlek - A training system for runners.

    • Flummox - To perplex or bewilder.

    • Gobbledygook - Meaningless or nonsensical language.

    • Kerfuffle - A mild scandal, commotion or fuss.

    • Klutz - A clumsy or foolish person.

    • Lickety-split - As quickly as possible.

    • Lollygag - To dawdle or spend time aimlessly.

    • Mollycoddle - To treat someone leniently.

    • Pratfall - A fall on the buttocks or an embarrassing action.

    • Rambunctious - Uncontrollably excitable or exuberant.

    • Shenanigan - Silly behaviour.

    • Skullduggery - Deception or trickery.


                               English Language Jokes



    • English might be the most widespread language in the world but there’s still no ham in hamburger, no egg in eggplant and neither pine nor apple in pineapple.So English, I fancy you all agree, is the funniest language you ever did see.
    • The thing you’re looking for is always found in the last place you look.
    • What did the man who walked into a bar say? Ouch!
    • Why did the boy eat his homework? Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake.
    • What are two things people never eat before breakfast? Lunch and dinner.
    • Why is the number six so scared? Because seven eight nine!
    • If the plural of man is always called men, why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
    • If we are the human race, then who is winning?
    • If vegetarians eat vegetables then what on earth do humanitarians eat?!
    • Some writing tips:
    • Exaggeration is a trillion times worse than understatement.
    • Rhetorical questions, who needs them?
    • When writing in English, contractions shouldn’t be used.
    • Stop using exclamation marks!!!

                                   

                                           Funny Riddles



    • What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? ShortWhat has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? A clock
    • What word begins and ends with an ‘e’ but only has one letter? Envelope
    • What has a neck but no head? A bottle
    • What type of cheese is made backwards? Edam
    • What gets wetter as it dries? A towel
    • Why did the boy bury his flashlight? Because the batteries died.
    • Which letter of the alphabet has the most water? The C
    • What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’ and has thousands of letters? The Post Office!
    • What has to be broken before you can use it? An egg
    • Why can’t a man living in New York be buried in Chicago? Because he’s still living!
    • What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it? A teapot
    • How many letters are there in the English alphabet? There are 18: 3 in ‘the’, 7 in ‘English’ and 8 in ‘alphabet’.
    • Which month has 28 days? All of them of course!




                                                  English Idioms



    • Under the weather.Knock on wood.
    • Go the extra mile.
    • Don’t cry over spilt milk.
    • Rule of thumb.
    • Things went pear shaped.
    • Every cloud has a silver lining.
    • Out on a limb.
    • Between a rock and a hard place.
    • End of the road.
    • Bend over backwards.
    • The ball is in your court.
    • Like a broken record.
    • Break a leg.
    • All in the same boat.
    • Hold your horses.
    • Put your money where your mouth is.
    • A blessing disguise.
    • Tongue in cheek.
    • It’s a piece of cake.
    • Barking up the wrong tree.

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