读英语笑话测验英语文化水平（好玩儿）

宋国明

      这学期教语言学概论，最近快教到语意这一部分，以前准备的笑话都老掉牙了，就跟筠儿要了一些以双关语为笑点的笑话，筠儿给我在网上找了寄来。我跟節儿一起选了一些俩人都觉得好笑的，在这儿附上几个，供您欣赏并顺便自我测验英语与文化综合水平。

1.  I told my wife that she drew her eyebrows on too high.  She looked surprised.

2.  Apparently, someone in London gets stabbed every 52 seconds.  Poor bastard!

3.  It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs.  They take things literally.

4.  I bought some shoes from a drug dealer.  I don’t know what he laced them with, but I’ve been tripping all day.

5.  Customer: What's this fly doing in my soup?  

    Waiter: I believe it's the backstroke, Sir.  

还有一些不是双关语的笑话，跟通俗文化有关，也挺捉狭可笑的：

6.  I told the Chinese waiter the chicken was rubbery.  He thanked me.

7.  People say I'm condescending.  That means I talk down to others. 

8.  Doctor: Bad news, you have terminal cancer and Alzheimer's.

Patient: That’s not so bad! I could have had cancer!

9.  How many Alzheimer's patients does it take to change a light bulb?

To get to the other side.

10.  Scientist - My findings are pointless when taken out of context.

Media - Scientist says "findings are pointless."

        希望给您带来了一些欢乐！不过您觉得好笑与否并不重要，只要知道笑点在哪里就得分，一题一分，您得了几分？