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  • @EnglishRightNow
    @EnglishRightNow  2 months ago +97

    Hello, you wonderful people! You can learn even more about this lesson with this FREE PDF: englishrightnow.co.uk/december16-youtube-presentpdf/

    • @mabelgomez1836
      @mabelgomez1836 2 months ago +2

      Wonderful As always

    • @lisalucas5449
      @lisalucas5449 2 months ago +12

      I understood all bar the one about fruit flies. Gutted about it. And a little joke. Someone was trying to find a home for a dog. Among others, the advert said: eats everything, loves children

    • @maryhabib7455
      @maryhabib7455 2 months ago

      Can’t thank you enough 🙏👍🌹🌹🌹

    • @pablomartinezcarignano2338
      @pablomartinezcarignano2338 2 months ago +7

      Seven days without water makes one weak

    • @user-k3x9s
      @user-k3x9s 2 months ago +2

      I just couldn't stop laughing out loud! The only one I didn't get was due to my sheer ignorance about types of dogs!

  • @jutukka
    @jutukka 29 days ago +212

    A ghost went to the bar and ordered a double vodka.
    The bartender: "Sorry, we don't serve spirits."

    • @susanneschauf7417
      @susanneschauf7417 20 days ago +1

      😂

    • @andreaebels9643
      @andreaebels9643 16 days ago +3

      That’s a nice one!

    • @martinwills6711
      @martinwills6711 8 days ago +1

      A dog dies in a bar brawl protecting his owner and a thug chops his tail off and he dies due to massive blood loss.
      He goes up to the Pearly Gates but St Peter (fluent in dog language) tells the dog he will need to recover the spirit of his tail before he can enter.
      The dog goes back at midnight as a visible ghost able to speak human, and asks the bar landlord if he can have his tail back so he can get the tails spirit.
      The landlord says "You will have to comeback after 11 am in morning when we reopen.
      The dog asks why
      The landlord says "We are not allowed to retail spirits after midnight".

  • @Aprl521
    @Aprl521 2 months ago +872

    I don't like jokes about stairs. They get me down.

    • @oysteinsoreide4323
      @oysteinsoreide4323 2 months ago +77

      I rather take the elevator, because it lifts me up.

    • @brianuk8207
      @brianuk8207 2 months ago +38

      I used to use an escalator but just found it too moving.

    • @FrSantander
      @FrSantander 2 months ago +2

      You simply have to see the incredible spectacle of April Starlink satellites in action - everyone is invited to witness this awe-inspiring event! I'm the one who pays for the flights!😂😂😂

    • @catrinluebcke
      @catrinluebcke 2 months ago +19

      In German you would call them flat jokes 😂

    • @l_n-u2e
      @l_n-u2e Month ago

      😂😂😂

  • @garrattfan
    @garrattfan 2 months ago +457

    On a medical student's door:
    Be patient,
    I'm gonna be a doctor

    • @mumstheword8851
      @mumstheword8851 2 months ago +14

      When I became a doctor, I started to practice.

    • @BoFlght
      @BoFlght 2 months ago +1

      😂😂

    • @ShalomShalom-26x
      @ShalomShalom-26x Month ago

      😂😂😂😂

    • @nominou6
      @nominou6 Month ago +3

      Unfortunately nowadays in the health system 'patients' are rather 'clients'.

    • @AngusMontrose
      @AngusMontrose 15 days ago

      My bank manager told me I should pay more interest. I tried to, but he was so boring.

  • @OliverJanotta
    @OliverJanotta 29 days ago +82

    Will glass coffins be a success?
    - Remains to be seen...

  • @MagicLute
    @MagicLute Month ago +93

    I wanted to tell a joke about a spaceship, but I was afraid it wouldn't land.

    • @AngusMontrose
      @AngusMontrose 15 days ago +1

      How do you make a cat go 'Woof!' ?? -soak it in petrol and throw it on the fire!

  • @Gartenlust
    @Gartenlust 2 months ago +779

    "Mum, can we have a dog for Christmas?"
    "No, we have turkey like everyone else!"

  • @patriotpatrice8309
    @patriotpatrice8309 2 months ago +446

    "i feel sorry for the calendar." - "why?" - "because its days are numbered"

    • @BoFlght
      @BoFlght 2 months ago +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @medamona
      @medamona 2 months ago +6

      Its days, not it's days. It is an English channel, for God's sake 😂😂😂.

    • @Chris.2503
      @Chris.2503 2 months ago +2

      ​@medamonathere is no "it's" in that post ... so what's your problem?

    • @medamona
      @medamona 2 months ago +5

      ​@Chris.2503It was corrected after my comment. Think before being rude.

    • @Chris.2503
      @Chris.2503 2 months ago +6

      I am quite surprised about myself.
      Got them all - although english is my 4th language.
      Swiss german is my mother-tongue, then high german and french at school and english only by travelling the world and "learning by doing" . 😊

  • @sabiniu
    @sabiniu 2 months ago +626

    Two atoms collide while walking down the street.
    Atom 1: "Oh no! I think I lost an electron!"
    Atom 2: "Are you sure?"
    Atom 1: "I'm positive!"

  • @derDresdnerHeide
    @derDresdnerHeide Month ago +144

    I'm a little late, but this one I have to add: Where do bad rainbows go? To prism. It's a light sentence, but it gives them time to reflect.

    • @zralokvemigraci
      @zralokvemigraci Month ago +3

      That's a good one :D :D

    • @tixie88
      @tixie88 Month ago +3

      That was one of the better ones I've heard! 😂

    • @Schubelgruber
      @Schubelgruber 27 days ago

      That's a good one! So many layers.

    • @NICEFINENEWROBOT
      @NICEFINENEWROBOT 16 days ago

      This one made me subscribe to the channel. The joke channel, that is.

    • @birgitmundt816
      @birgitmundt816 5 days ago

      Wow, I really liked that one! Might use it for my students at school!

  • @EnglishLad
    @EnglishLad Month ago +49

    Someone glued my pack of cards together and I can’t deal with it anymore…

  • @JaymeMar
    @JaymeMar 2 months ago +382

    Stair jokes may be funny, but elevator jokes are next level.

    • @CeryxTech
      @CeryxTech Month ago +16

      About that;
      "I have sex with my dad in an elevator. It was wrong on so many levels" 😂

    • @oledahl.
      @oledahl. Month ago +1

      @CeryxTech😂😂😂

    • @koerrie
      @koerrie Month ago +8

      That escalated quickly.

    • @jeffharper9703
      @jeffharper9703 Month ago

      What's a fart in an elevator? A belch☝

    • @xl000
      @xl000 Month ago +1

      This doesn't really work, because both stairs and elevators get you to the next level, generally

  • @AnayRSoni
    @AnayRSoni 2 months ago +1277

    The one that circulates around internet I've heard: "There's something wrong with my brain. On the left, there's nothing right and on the right there's nothing left" 😅

  • @caan74
    @caan74 2 months ago +266

    Once I took a ladder to a party. They had told me the drinks were on the house.

    • @MarkSRedd
      @MarkSRedd 2 months ago +28

      Before being beaten up the guest said to the bartender "Gimme a punch".

    • @Christophe-pl5xu
      @Christophe-pl5xu 2 days ago

      Can you explain?

    • @caan74
      @caan74 2 days ago +1

      @Christophe-pl5xu when you say "the drinks are on the house" it means that you do not have to pay anything. The drinks are offered by the hosts.

  • @sergiybilokon515
    @sergiybilokon515 Month ago +40

    As a child I was so bright that my dad called me son 🌞

  • @mydroidx1013
    @mydroidx1013 Month ago +97

    I've got a great pun about unemployment, but it rarely works...

  • @marek.sienczak
    @marek.sienczak 2 months ago +184

    I like to tell dad jokes, and sometimes he laughs. :)

  • @ZuzanaMachavova
    @ZuzanaMachavova 2 months ago +156

    Skeleton wanted to cross the street but didn't have the guts 😂

  • @jensbeier4270
    @jensbeier4270 2 months ago +510

    Greetings from southern Germany: The other day, I opened the door to two policemen who told me “we’ve had reports from your neighbours that your dog was chasing a kid on a bike.” I said, “that’s ridiculous. My dog doesn’t even know how to ride a bike.”

    • @beatediehl7966
      @beatediehl7966 2 months ago +24

      this is a joke that works in german as well. Actually I first heard it in german language

    • @jclick300
      @jclick300 2 months ago

      This is funny!!!!😊

    • @RaphaelRousseau
      @RaphaelRousseau 2 months ago +17

      I'll translate it into French and it will absolutely work. Love it!!! 😂

    • @ameliaciszej
      @ameliaciszej 2 months ago +10

      In Polish it works too.

    • @carolannharris3717
      @carolannharris3717 2 months ago +3

      😂

  • @ne0ne0
    @ne0ne0 Month ago +19

    Some say I look younger than my age. Must be my jeans.

  • @uteweiskamp1893
    @uteweiskamp1893 Month ago +19

    Written on a T-Shirt showing a border collie "Yes. I herd you"

    • @RuthBitterli
      @RuthBitterli 16 days ago

      I didn't understand this one.

    • @RuthBitterli
      @RuthBitterli 16 days ago

      I didn't understand this one.

    • @X6U477
      @X6U477 16 days ago

      I want a t-shirt with this joke. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @tomsson1974
    @tomsson1974 2 months ago +125

    I was shocked when I heard the stationery store moved

    • @marier9113
      @marier9113 2 months ago

      this one I don't get it. I'm French

    • @tomsson1974
      @tomsson1974 2 months ago +18

      @marier9113 The joke is a pun.
      “stationery” (paper supplies) and “stationary” (not moving) sound exactly the same.
      So the sentence is funny because it says the stationery store moved, even though something “stationary” shouldn’t move. I hope that helped!

    • @RobertScott-pp6gj
      @RobertScott-pp6gj Month ago +2

      I saw this for real: in about 2008, I saw a notice taped to the door of a storeroom after a reorganisation at work: "The stationary cupboard has moved." I should have added "Czech spelling?", but didn't think of it until now.

    • @thomasschwarzenberger8943
      @thomasschwarzenberger8943 Month ago

      This makes two of us.

  • @patriotpatrice8309
    @patriotpatrice8309 2 months ago +334

    "why do you knock before opening the fridge?" - "because there could be a salad dressing!"

  • @philipb2134
    @philipb2134 2 months ago +134

    I was feeling down, so a friend sent me ten puns to lift my mood. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

  • @m97120
    @m97120 Month ago +30

    I have achieved fluency. Gonna take an Imodium now.

  • @LeniAustria-k1e
    @LeniAustria-k1e Month ago +18

    My friend from Poland told my sister the other day that he has to polish up his english. She answered, that his english is polish enough.

    • @olgavasyltsova8292
      @olgavasyltsova8292 13 days ago +1

      Lol

    • @beepeeem
      @beepeeem 12 days ago +1

      Iam watching slow horses right now and that couldve been a Lamb response, haha!

  • @dacisky
    @dacisky 2 months ago +158

    What do you call birds that stick together? Velcrows!

  • @garrattfan
    @garrattfan 2 months ago +157

    Someone warned for the dangers of lightning.
    Then it struck me.

    • @MarkSRedd
      @MarkSRedd 2 months ago +8

      Not really a pun but striking:
      The difference between the right word and the almost right word
      is the difference between a lightning and a lightning bug -- Mark Twain

  • @mariaantonianavarro4982
    @mariaantonianavarro4982 2 months ago +290

    This is true: I'm Argentinian. Once I was in USA, and a friend asked: Are there lots of jews in Argentina? I answered: Of course! We have apple juice, orange juice, lemon juice...

    • @Lucia-1414
      @Lucia-1414 2 months ago +10

      Creo eso es más cuando hablas español y escuchas y es difícil pronunciar
      Cuando eres bilingüe sabes diferenciar
      I would never assume juice & jew sound the same
      My Spanish speaking old aunt used to have a hard time saying “sheet” and used to say shit instead
      We used to laugh

    • @nathcar696
      @nathcar696 2 months ago +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @coral5089
      @coral5089 2 months ago +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @guitartist13
      @guitartist13 2 months ago +1

      This is a good one 😂😂

    • @guitartist13
      @guitartist13 2 months ago

      The last one was funny

  • @CeryxTech
    @CeryxTech Month ago +27

    Love these :D
    My ultimate best:
    What is the difference between a hippo and a zippo?
    One is really heavy, the other is little lighter. 😂😂

  • @MichaelaFischer-pt5eg
    @MichaelaFischer-pt5eg Month ago +13

    "I'm afraid of seven."
    "Why?"
    "Because seven eight nine..."

  • @grae0001
    @grae0001 2 months ago +104

    Termite walks into a saloon and asks, "Is the bar tender here?"

  • @garrattfan
    @garrattfan 2 months ago +128

    Never trust railway modelers,
    they have loco motives

    • @elkamynante
      @elkamynante 2 months ago +8

      This one implies that bit of Spanish knowledge....😇

    • @Ryuichi72
      @Ryuichi72 Month ago +3

      No matter how kind you are, German children will always be kinder 😬

  • @RebecaComeWhatMay
    @RebecaComeWhatMay 2 months ago +226

    Why are 5 and 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9... that was the first joke I heard!😂

    • @christopherknowles
      @christopherknowles 2 months ago

      9/11

    • @petrpisan7988
      @petrpisan7988 2 months ago

      Do you know why is 10 afraid of 9 and 11?…… because 9/11

    • @tyapca7
      @tyapca7 2 months ago +2

      Got it. Wow!

    • @RebecaComeWhatMay
      @RebecaComeWhatMay 2 months ago +15

      ​@tyapca7I should have written ate=eight... or directly 7 8 9! It's a good joke! 😅

    • @tyapca7
      @tyapca7 2 months ago +1

      ​@RebecaComeWhatMayYes, it is! Even though there's a small difference in pronunciation of "ate" and "eight", AFAICT as a nonnative speaker. The latter he as a more open "e", am I right?
      Thanks, and Merry Christmas,
      Peter.

  • @mariekevanhees1678
    @mariekevanhees1678 Month ago +12

    Who are the most trustworthy people in the hospital? The ultrasound people.

  • @FrankenSpielt
    @FrankenSpielt Month ago +15

    You can even up this a level:
    What scary bees provide milk? Boo bees!
    (And that's from a German...)

  • @bobdan7994
    @bobdan7994 2 months ago +174

    Two fish are in a tank when one turns to the other and says:
    -Do you know how to drive this thing?

    • @kertmuves
      @kertmuves 2 months ago +6

      Now that's actually funny 😂

    • @senorthomas790
      @senorthomas790 Month ago +13

      The other fish says: Let's give it a shot!

    • @daviddarq6732
      @daviddarq6732 Month ago

      could u please explain me this joke. i seem 2 b fluent in english but now i doubt if i have any chance 2 achieve that level.

    • @murales
      @murales Month ago +1

      ​@daviddarq6732tank may refer both to an aquarium and to a combat vehicle 😄

    • @bobdan7994
      @bobdan7994 Month ago +7

      ​@murales, I will tell you a better one:
      Why bicycles fall over? Because they are two- tired.

  • @TheLegendaryDoc
    @TheLegendaryDoc 2 months ago +91

    I quit my job in the helium gas factory.
    I refuse to be spoken to in that tone!

  • @knechayev
    @knechayev 2 months ago +111

    My wife accused me of stealing her thesaurus. Not only was I shocked, but I was appalled, aghast, and dismayed. :)

  • @barbyjarc5581
    @barbyjarc5581 Month ago +5

    I put my grandma on speed dial. I call it insta-gram.

  • @Boa_69
    @Boa_69 Month ago +9

    I use newspapers as toiletpaper , the Times are rough

  • @MariuszBalewski
    @MariuszBalewski 2 months ago +191

    May february march? No, but april may 😂

    • @mumstheword8851
      @mumstheword8851 2 months ago +4

      Brilliant 😊

    • @Chris.R.
      @Chris.R. 2 months ago +8

      oh! I love that!
      It remembers of:
      6 isn‘t afraid of 7 because it 8 (ate) 9.

    • @user-rz7cm2we3x
      @user-rz7cm2we3x 2 months ago +2

      @Chris.R.: Are you sure it should be “It remembers,” not “It reminds me of…”?

    • @Chris.R.
      @Chris.R. 2 months ago

      @user-rz7cm2we3x I think both versions are correct.

    • @user-rz7cm2we3x
      @user-rz7cm2we3x 2 months ago +1

      @Chris.R.: So you don’t know the meaning of “remember”😮.
      In order to remember one needs a memory, a short (working) and a long memory, an ability of the mind to retain memories, in short one needs a mind, or at least a brain (in case of animals).
      Does your “it” have a brain?😅
      In contrast, “it reminds (me) of smth” means that something else is similar to the thing in question, it brings the memories of something else.
      I hope I clarified the contrast between “to remember” and “to remind sb of smth/sb” sufficiently.
      If not, just get a dictionary and check it out yourself. You better!

  • @grzegorzszczesny2336
    @grzegorzszczesny2336 2 months ago +89

    A good example would be this: Two knights come over to the reception desk and say this to the receptionist "We made a reservation for two nights".😂

    • @bolulm4012
      @bolulm4012 2 months ago

      :0

    • @flamenmartialis6839
      @flamenmartialis6839 Month ago +5

      Jesus come in to a hotel reception, he hands the concierge tre nails and ask: Can you put me up for the night?

  • @doerte_faatz
    @doerte_faatz 2 months ago +142

    Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better, but the frog 🐸 dies in the process. ~ Luke Thompson from Luke's English Podcast

    • @mamamirjana1
      @mamamirjana1 2 months ago +4

      Yes!
      Thank you for this comment.
      I was to lazy to write it myself 🌻

    • @Agnetali
      @Agnetali 2 months ago +1

      😂

    • @danielasampaio3275
      @danielasampaio3275 Month ago

      😂

    • @somethinglikemayer
      @somethinglikemayer Month ago +3

      Good one but i'd change the second frog by "it", it's less specific and provides a better landing!

    • @christophrothert4340
      @christophrothert4340 Month ago

      Got 16 out of 16. These were really easy to get. But true. When I'm reading or speaking English I just do, I don't think German and translate while speaking and I don't translate to German while reading.

  • @josch.k7542
    @josch.k7542 Month ago +11

    This is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder!

    • @ErnieCordell
      @ErnieCordell 12 days ago

      I so hate to admit the amount of intestinal distress this caused me.

    • @Christophe-pl5xu
      @Christophe-pl5xu 2 days ago

      Ladder vs father ? But its not the same sound???

  • @Esmeee-b8j
    @Esmeee-b8j Month ago +3

    Why did the rabbit skip school? It was having a bad hare day.

  • @beterbomen
    @beterbomen 2 months ago +70

    Stairs might always be up to something, but they're also pretty down-to-earth.

  • @aocroissier
    @aocroissier 2 months ago +105

    I'm going to stand outside, so if anyone asks, I'm outstanding

  • @zxmnqaok
    @zxmnqaok 2 months ago +94

    "What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!"

    • @SeasonedSoftware
      @SeasonedSoftware 2 months ago

      that's not funny. People clicking don't have the guts to not click.

    • @RobertScott-pp6gj
      @RobertScott-pp6gj Month ago

      @SeasonedSoftware I don't understand you.

    • @beepeeem
      @beepeeem 12 days ago

      You guys must be joking too. For anyone really confused: youll understand when your english grammar skills improve

  • @artholI
    @artholI Month ago +6

    Doctor: "I'll be delivering your baby today."
    Dad: "Actually, we would like for our baby to be able to keep its liver."

    • @Kasiek2011
      @Kasiek2011 21 day ago

      Oh my God, I think you can make it also like: Sorry, but can you deliver it another day? Today we're going to hospital for a labour.

    • @majaxd4998
      @majaxd4998 18 days ago +1

      ​@Kasiek2011 Or "Are you ready for labour?" "No, I'm taking parental leave."

    • @Kasiek2011
      @Kasiek2011 18 days ago

      @majaxd4998 Also good. 👍

  • @TeresaP-t6q
    @TeresaP-t6q Month ago +4

    "My dog's got no nose ."
    "So how does it smell?"
    "Awful!"

  • @MeOverground
    @MeOverground 2 months ago +79

    My favourites in the comments:
    I told my wife she should embrace her mistakes. She gave me a hug.
    I'm on a low carb diet. When I feel low, I eat carbs.

  • @GrannyTina-Spain
    @GrannyTina-Spain 2 months ago +76

    Shall I put the kettle on? No darling, it won't suit you..
    (this is the first pun I understood when learning English in Exeter, back in the eighties)

  • @krisztinavarga4223
    @krisztinavarga4223 2 months ago +69

    I'm on a low carb diet. When I feel low I eat carbs.

    • @do-greenbook
      @do-greenbook 2 months ago +1

      🤣

    • @zonderbaar
      @zonderbaar 2 months ago

      😂❤🎉

    • @adolfnoise4673
      @adolfnoise4673 Month ago

      What? No, please dont. Never try to eat Engine Parts, they will get damaged by your acidic stomach, and you will die in the process.

    • @tinaturnersage3826
      @tinaturnersage3826 Month ago +1

      I’m on a seafood diet, when I see food I eat it.

  • @maasro
    @maasro Month ago +6

    The doctor joke works better if the second sentence is "but I lost my patience", or even more dramatically, "but I kept losing my patience"

  • @Djinn-and-Tone-Inc
    @Djinn-and-Tone-Inc Month ago +7

    What do you call two crows standing together? Attempted murder.

  • @Maggy611
    @Maggy611 2 months ago +46

    Yesterday I was in a lift and I rose to new heights.

    • @K0Tik82
      @K0Tik82 2 months ago

      You were in a lift with a rose? For a Rose? 😉

  • @maggiekowalczyk3914
    @maggiekowalczyk3914 2 months ago +33

    One tooth says to the other: the dentist is taking me out tonight? 😊

  • @SpittaSymptomConstellations

    To get better in English I always push the envelope, but it always stays stationary.

  • @Kojara_SC
    @Kojara_SC Month ago +2

    I once dreamed about swimming in orange lemonade, but in the end, it was just a fanta sea.

  • @Nectarfizz1111
    @Nectarfizz1111 Month ago +4

    One of my favorites is when my UK mate says Half Left, whenever I ask if he's alright.

  • @olor.6590
    @olor.6590 2 months ago +45

    What do you call a blind deer? No idea!
    What do you call a blind deer without legs?
    Still no idea.

  • @eric4709
    @eric4709 2 months ago +34

    Doctor - i dont feel well - can you help me out? Yes of course...which way did you come in?

  • @bellazul2
    @bellazul2 2 months ago +69

    I'm Spanish and l enjoyed and understood
    all of them (only the banana's flies took me a little while) and also the ones in the comments, l lived in England for nearly 7 years working in hospitals so l was able to learn to listen real British speakers, l never went to a school but learnt from reading books and listening to people, I'm very proud of myself! 😁🥰🥰

    • @baerbelomoyemwense8745
      @baerbelomoyemwense8745 2 months ago +4

      Same here!
      I am a German midwife, who worked for almost 10 years in Ireland.
      It took me a moment to understand the joke with the fruit flies, but I got the rest instantly 😅🎉

    • @MaaFreddy
      @MaaFreddy Month ago +9

      Talking about bananas, why did the banana go to the doctor ? Because It was not peeling very well .

    • @mikesierra8156
      @mikesierra8156 Month ago +4

      Soy francés y aprendí el español en la mesa y en la cama... Sedujé mi madrileña inocentemente diciéndole que tenía gambas muy bonitas, recordando un viaje a Italia. Aún se rie ella del chiste involuntario...

    • @theHefa
      @theHefa Month ago +1

      I still can remember the first time I got a pun in an English RUclips video. And that it was indeed a big step. Thanks @scholagladiatoria you teached me more than 4 years of English classes in Austria.

    • @dscham1507
      @dscham1507 Month ago +1

      There were a couple that were better heard than read. - This could be a pun in itself 😅

  • @bolsa2507
    @bolsa2507 Month ago +4

    Another one: "Do you know why you would not starve in the desert? Because of all the sand which is there"

  • @maxsurfer85
    @maxsurfer85 Month ago +3

    11:36 😂 a good one 😅

  • @p0wertiger
    @p0wertiger 2 months ago +19

    If you get Monty Python jokes without much analysis, you're fluent in English :)

  • @omwst1946
    @omwst1946 2 months ago +30

    I wrote a drama all about people who tragically can only ever speak in riddles, puns and limericks. It's called 'Play On Words'.

  • @munger1344
    @munger1344 2 months ago +15

    A bald man drew little rabbits on his head, because from a distance they look like hare (old one)

  • @thendroidz
    @thendroidz Month ago +1

    i have zero problem understanding english, with different slangs and accents, but speaking english is another beast in itself, my mouth just isnt used to that

  • @SoulOfTheReaver
    @SoulOfTheReaver Month ago +28

    I used to work at a factory making plastic Dracula toys. But there were only two of us there, so I had to make every second count.

  • @muttcrewmusic
    @muttcrewmusic 2 months ago +31

    "he was outstanding in his field" can also have a slight break so it sounds like "he was out, standing in his field"

    • @tilsit8875
      @tilsit8875 2 months ago +4

      That was the pun , wasn't it ?.....

    • @Charlotte-wv6vy
      @Charlotte-wv6vy 2 months ago

      ​@tilsit8875yep !

    • @HamnaTabuu
      @HamnaTabuu 2 months ago +1

      All my work is outstanding

    • @MasterSandman
      @MasterSandman 2 months ago +2

      That was the joke, yes! 👍
      But what Roy missed, that it could also be construed as meaning "standing out"... in his (empty?) field. So being the only (or firstly) visible object, or at least towering over everything in said field!
      Fyi, I'm Dutch and English is my third language! (Second is Frisian, there's also German and a little bit of French... une petite peut! 😂)

    • @pit2ryan3
      @pit2ryan3 Month ago

      @mutt - Out-standing

  • @Solder-Flowz
    @Solder-Flowz 2 months ago +59

    A man walks into a bar. He had a massive headache the next morning.
    Yes, I've just made this one up and I like it 😅

    • @katieinhops5163
      @katieinhops5163 2 months ago +17

      Two men walked into a bar. The third man ducked.

    • @Ricarda-m9m
      @Ricarda-m9m 2 months ago +7

      A Man Walks into a Bar: "Ouch".

    • @MeOverground
      @MeOverground 2 months ago +2

      Good one, but pay attention to the use of tenses. Walks matches has

    • @mumstheword8851
      @mumstheword8851 2 months ago +11

      Two men walked into a building. You'd think at least one of them would have seen it.

    • @MasterSandman
      @MasterSandman 2 months ago

      ​@MeOvergroundOr "He'll have..."

  • @barbaramatthews4735
    @barbaramatthews4735 2 months ago +54

    I'm fluent in American English. Good enough for me.
    When I lost my job in real estate, I really lost a lot.

    • @sidkings
      @sidkings 2 months ago +3

      😂...

    • @josephbrennen
      @josephbrennen 2 months ago +8

      House that happen?🤔

    • @sidkings
      @sidkings 2 months ago +1

      ​@josephbrennen😜....

    • @MeOverground
      @MeOverground 2 months ago +1

      And you're trying to learn BE? Could be helpful if ever you want to visit Europe

    • @barbaramatthews4735
      @barbaramatthews4735 2 months ago +3

      ​@MeOvergroundOf course. Being bilingual could come in handy.

  • @mgs9875
    @mgs9875 8 hours ago

    The last one 🤣

  • @blessedbeJesus
    @blessedbeJesus Month ago +1

    What is the tallest building in Miami? The Miami library, it has the most stories!

  • @NikoKausH
    @NikoKausH Month ago +16

    In Leisure Suit Larry you could read on a toilet wall: 'It takes leather balls to play rugby'

    • @RobertScott-pp6gj
      @RobertScott-pp6gj Month ago +2

      Seen on a toilet wall in Trinity College, Cambridge in 1972: "What did Adam say?" (The urinal was made by a firm called Adamsez.)

  • @OverSeaToo
    @OverSeaToo 2 months ago +25

    I am from The Netherlands and did understand them all! 😀😃
    I heard this long a go:

    Never be hungry in the dessert because there is always sand wich you can eat!”.

  • @BlumenwieseDesign
    @BlumenwieseDesign 2 months ago +74

    Yay - as a German I got most of them. But I'm well trained by a friend who loves these 😅
    I just kept some dialogue memes, which really made me laugh - guess you might love them:
    - What's upstairs?
    - Unfortunately the stairs don't talk.
    - Do you have any books on turtles?
    - Hard back?
    - Yes, with little heads.
    - How do you think we keep the cars here so shiny?
    - Polish?
    - Sorry sir, Jak myslisz, jak trzymamysamochody tutaj tak blyszczace?
    - I'm sorry sir, your dad was pronounced dead.
    - I can't believe i've been pronouncing it wrong all this time.
    - Oh No! our neighbour died!
    - Who, Ray?
    - I don't think cheering is appropriate!
    - Can you perform under pressure?
    - No, but I can try Bohemian Rhapsody

    • @beatediehl7966
      @beatediehl7966 2 months ago +8

      the one with the turtles is so cute 🥰

    • @agemoth
      @agemoth 2 months ago +2

      I love all these, made me chuckle! 😂 😁

    • @ada-ailleurs
      @ada-ailleurs 2 months ago +1

      Love the Polish one. But I suppose you need to understand Polish to enjoy it :)

    • @olgakazachenko9513
      @olgakazachenko9513 2 months ago

      ​@ada-ailleurs yeah, it took my a second to understand that he actually switched to Polish))

    • @olgakazachenko9513
      @olgakazachenko9513 2 months ago +1

      Love them all! I had a good laugh))

  • @countzero1136
    @countzero1136 3 days ago +1

    The first joke only really works when Sean Connery is telling it :)

  • @Jane-ui9ps
    @Jane-ui9ps 20 days ago

    English humor is very special🤣

  • @cyeamaculture8486
    @cyeamaculture8486 2 months ago +35

    What do you call a fly with no wings ? A walk

    • @hectorheath9742
      @hectorheath9742 2 months ago +3

      Don't give up your day job.

    • @tilsit8875
      @tilsit8875 2 months ago

      ​@hectorheath9742You're a nasty guy 😅

    • @MeOverground
      @MeOverground 2 months ago +2

      À fly is not a flight. But a good idea

    • @cyeamaculture8486
      @cyeamaculture8486 2 months ago

      ​@MeOvergroundfly and walk are both verbs . you're just replacing one verb with another.. anyway..it's not my joke, I'm not being precious about it

    • @beatediehl7966
      @beatediehl7966 2 months ago +2

      I looove such jokes. The sillier the better 😆

  • @matthewcampbell7153
    @matthewcampbell7153 2 months ago +45

    "I don't know why I went into the woods, but it wasn't for rest" 🙏

    • @LuC-dy7zu
      @LuC-dy7zu 2 months ago +1

      I didn't get this one...😢

    • @matthewcampbell7153
      @matthewcampbell7153 2 months ago +3

      @LuC-dy7zu "Woods - For rest (Forest)

    • @LuC-dy7zu
      @LuC-dy7zu 2 months ago +2

      ​@matthewcampbell7153so obvious! 😂

    • @MeOverground
      @MeOverground 2 months ago +1

      Yeah, it only works on paper. It's pronounced quite differently

    • @MasterSandman
      @MasterSandman 2 months ago +1

      ​@MeOverground It depends on how you pronounce it, there are ways to manipulate your pronunciation, to accommodate the landing.

  • @irenefrancfort4787
    @irenefrancfort4787 2 months ago +16

    Did you know that 2 dumped 0? Yeah, someone got between them!

  • @hopefultraveler3543
    @hopefultraveler3543 13 days ago +2

    I saw a higgs bosun particle at church last Sunday. I said "I didn't know you were religious", and he responded "they can't have mass without me".

  • @sophiacheung5260
    @sophiacheung5260 Month ago

    got them all & am very happy 😊never lived in the U.K. but my high school English teacher was from there ,& had worked with people from the U.K.. this clip made my day, thanks a lot ❤😊

  • @susisgk2189
    @susisgk2189 2 months ago +20

    Me, 65 German Grandma - I've got them all - so I asume, I'm not bad, what a Christmas present for me 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Thank you
    🎉🎉🎉

    • @kertmuves
      @kertmuves 2 months ago +3

      I suppose you are already fluent if you understand what he is talking about. Explaining puns and jokes is a bit weird though 😅

  • @VONOBER
    @VONOBER 2 months ago +18

    One of my favourite puns is from Groucho Marx, talking to attractive women: "If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?" 😂Naughty guy! 😅

    • @mikesierra8156
      @mikesierra8156 Month ago +1

      Great one... that's why I'm a Marxist of the Groucho tendency ...(Woody Allen)

  • @murphyj2157
    @murphyj2157 Month ago +10

    Time flies. I can’t, they move too fast. 😹😹😹😹😹

  • @waleedabosebea8671
    @waleedabosebea8671 25 days ago

    Thanks a lot, dear teacher, Roy! I really enjoyed the lesson ❤❤❤

  • @margot6712
    @margot6712 14 days ago +1

    16/16 😂 loved it! I’m Polish 🇵🇱 Your explanations were very easy to follow 😊 Subscribed immediately!

  • @HansGabrielsson
    @HansGabrielsson 2 months ago +12

    9:58: When you asked your dog how her day had been, she said 'rough', the way dogs do, not 'it was rough'.

  • @Morgan_Alaric
    @Morgan_Alaric 2 months ago +13

    Why do cows have hoves ?
    Because they do lactose !😎

    • @olgakazachenko9513
      @olgakazachenko9513 2 months ago

      Took me a second)) Thanks for the brain gymnastics 🤣👌🏋‍♀️

  • @TheLegendaryDoc
    @TheLegendaryDoc 2 months ago +12

    Standing in the park, wondering: Why does a frisbee appear larger the closer it gets?
    And then it hit me!
    (Stewart Francis)
    Cheers from Germany, got all the jokes immediately. 😄

    • @noxcyutiluc
      @noxcyutiluc 27 days ago

      I’m on my mobile and that’s the second one from you I see that kills me. I might have to dial 999 lol

  • @brightlight7799
    @brightlight7799 Month ago

    Thank You ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @chanelambro6531
    @chanelambro6531 Month ago

    Hello Roy, I am French and I love English... I have studied it all my life. I am proud and pleased to tell you that I understood 90% of your puns... I love your accent too. Chantal de Nice

  • @JohnDoe-i2b4n
    @JohnDoe-i2b4n 2 months ago +6

    I hope I am fluent I am a native speaker 😂

  • @eloreen1275
    @eloreen1275 2 months ago +10

    Loved it. French here, I understand everything, so happy as I'm 55 and I thought I had lost most of my English.

    • @tonywalker5859
      @tonywalker5859 2 months ago +2

      My mum is also french, she understood all of them too!

    • @knechayev
      @knechayev 2 months ago +3

      Oh wow! Loosing even one word in English would have been ‘un oeuf’ 😂

    • @hogdog666
      @hogdog666 Month ago

      I think you should pardon your French

    • @sprint369
      @sprint369 Month ago

      They are back, with entente cordiale again.

  • @Markus_Z-P
    @Markus_Z-P 2 months ago +40

    Why do ants never go into churches? Because they're insects.
    Edit: I'm obviously fluent in understanding, didn't miss a single joke. If only I was in talking as well... but that's in German (which I am) not too much better. Therefore I AM fluent. 🤣

    • @TheLegendaryDoc
      @TheLegendaryDoc 2 months ago

      Der Witz funktioniert auf englisch nicht. „Sekte“ heißt ja nicht „Sect“ auf Englisch.

    • @Markus_Z-P
      @Markus_Z-P 2 months ago +6

      @TheLegendaryDoc Doch, heißt es. Zwar in einem anderen Bezug, eher als innerkirchliche Abspaltung einer Gruppe (z.B. "Christian sect", aber das Wort gibt es. Die modernen Sekten heißen "Cults", das weiß ich. Dennoch sollte der Witz verständlich sein.

    • @IndianSphinx1
      @IndianSphinx1 2 months ago +2

      I can feel ya 😂 Same here. I always get the jokes, not only the ones here and reading and writing is as easy as my first language. Only speaking is a problem and always was 😢 It was better after a longer stay in the US and I always had an American accent, but now it's quite terrible.

    • @MeOverground
      @MeOverground 2 months ago

      ​@Markus_Z-PFunktioniert aber nur auf dem Papier - weil die Betonung je nach Bedeutung auf der anderen Silbe liegt.

  • @fredpmf
    @fredpmf 20 days ago

    Just brilliant! Guy is adorable, clearly loves what he’s been doing. Quite motivational! Cheers