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LANGUAGE HUMOR AT ITS FINEST
Making yourself more proficient in English need not be a drag. You can actually speed up the learning process and make it fun by generously lacing it with humor—but preferably the best that the English language can offer.
In this new section, apart from giving a fixed slot to our weekly “In a Lighter Vein” pop-out humor piece in the Forum homepage, we have put together the finest of those weekly humor pop-ups since the Forum started. The best of them—collected from various sources on the web and sent in by friends—are all here, posted in the Forum under the following headings: Wordplay, On the Job, Student and School Life, and Miscellany.
So if you missed any of the best of the Forum’s weekly humor pop-ups, you can enjoy and savor them again and again here—and better still, share them with your friends!
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20 Modern Proverbs
“If you’re too open-minded, your brains will fall out.”
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“Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.”
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“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he’ll be a mile away—and barefoot.”
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“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.”
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“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.”
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“A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.”
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“A closed mouth gathers no feet.”
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“If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.”
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“My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.”
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“Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.”
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“It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.”
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“I have found at my age that going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of my face.”
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“For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.”
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“If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.”
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“Always yield to temptation, because it may not pass your way again.”
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“Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.”
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“A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.”
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“Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.”
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“Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.”
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“No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.”
—From the jokes collection of The Humor Bin
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