提要
「幽默」是生活的潤滑劑,有些事情可能愈想愈僵,不妨以輕鬆的態度面對問題,反而可以解決。以下的十個童言童語的問答,可以算是「腦筋急轉彎」或「冷笑話」,以英文雙關語與諧音涵意,逗人會心一笑。
★Want to hear a dirty joke? (A kid jumped into a mud puddle.)
Want to hear a clean joke? (A kid jumped into the bath. )
★What happens if you eat yeast and shoe polish?
(Every morning you'll rise and shine! )
★What gets wetter the more it dries?
(A towel. )
★What did the pencile say to the other pencil?
(you're looking sharp.)
★What stays in the corner and travels all over the world?
(A stamp. )
★Why did the picture go to jail?
(Because it was framed. )
★What do you get when you cross a cow and a duck?
(Milk and crackers! )
★What is the tallest building in the world?
(The library! It has the most stories! )
★Why is England the wettest country?
(Because the queen has reigned there for years!)
★Why do fish live in salt water?
(Because pepper makes them sneeze! )
解說
★要聽一個髒笑話嗎?(一個孩子跳進泥坑。)
要聽一個乾淨笑話嗎?(一個孩子跳進浴缸。 )
★如果吃了酵母和鞋油會發生什麼事?
(早上起來你會容光煥發! )
★什麼東西愈擦乾卻變得愈溼?
(毛巾。 )
★一支鉛筆會對另一支鉛筆說什麼?
(你看起來很尖銳。 ※除了「尖銳」,「sharp」還有誇獎對方「精明、體面」的意思。)
★什麼東西待在角落,卻環遊了世界各地?
(郵票。 )
★為什麼圖片要去坐牢?
(「framed」直接翻譯是「裱框」,另外常用的意思是「陷害」;所以裱框的圖片要去坐牢,因為它被「陷害」了。 )
★當你遇見一頭母牛和一隻鴨子,會得到什麼?
(牛奶和餅乾! ※會「呱呱叫」的鴨鴨(quacker),發音聽起來跟咬起來「嘎吱嘎吱」的餅乾(cracker)一樣。 )
★什麼是世界上最高的建築物?
(圖書館。圖書館裡有最多的「故事」書,因為「stories」同時也是「樓層」,所以有最多 「stories」的,理所當然就是「最高的建築物」啦!)
★為什麼英格蘭是最潮溼的國家?
(「reign」(在位統治)發音與「rain」(下雨)一樣,所以「女王已在那裡統治了多年!」也可以聽成「女王已在那裡『下雨』了多年,就當仁不讓地變成『最潮溼的國家』了!」)
★為什麼魚住在鹹水中?
(因為胡椒會讓牠們打噴嚏! ※鹽和胡椒(Salt and pepper,食用鹽和黑胡椒)是歐洲餐桌上的常見的調味品,因為一黑一白總是配對出現,所以提到鹹(鹽),就聯想到胡椒;想到在胡椒水中游泳,果然會想打噴嚏。 )