类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:12
Everybody on earth dies and goes to heaven. God comes and says "I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men that dominated their women on earth and the other line for the men that were whipped by their women. Also, I want all the women to go wi...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:12
Some people have a knack for remembering faces. Others, according to this e-mail I received at work, go them one better: "The only designated smoking area at Building One is at the picnic benches, under the covered area, where the butt distinguishers are....
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:11
As a rookie in the Atlantic City, N.J., Police department, I was assigned a beat on the boardwalk. Hardly a day went by when I didn't come upon a child who had become separated from his parents. One afternoon, I spotted a small boy standing alone, obvious...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:11
Running late for a job interview at a large men's fashion company, I grabbed a white dress shirt that I didn't have time to iron. The interview went well -- until the end. "Just a word of advice," said my interviewer. "You might want to iron your shirt be...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:10
My friend's hour-and-a-half commute to work got old quickly—the time spent stuck in traffic was sending him over the edge. So I was happy for him when he found a new job closer to home. "That's great," I said. "What are you doing now?" "I'm a bus driver."...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:10
During the recent blackout in New York city, my sister’s phone at the ferry company kept ringing as people inquired about service. One caller asked if the ferry was running. “Yes,” she answered. “How? There’s been a power failure in New York!” said the ca...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:10
Safety is a major concern at the manufacturing company where I work. So I'm constantly preaching caution to the workers I supervise. "Does anyone know," I asked a few guys, "what the speed limit is in our parking lot?" The long silence that followed was i...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:09
My colleagues and I recently received this e-mail from the facilities department: “Due to construction, your office may be either cooler or warmer than usual on Tuesday. Dress accordingly.” 我和同事收到了来自设备部的这封电邮:“因为基建的原因,在本周二,你的办公室的温度要不比...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:09
Don't ever pay a surprise visit to a child in college. You might be the one getting the surprise. I learned this the hard way when I swung by my son's campus during a business trip. Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell. "Y...
类别:英语作文 发行日期:2010-08-07 11:22:08
I was preparing to teach a college course on the history of movie censorship and went to the library to take out films that had been censored. “Do you have any banned movies in your collection?” I asked the librarian. “Oh yes,” she answered. “We have some...