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Puns and jokes

                                              PUNS and JOKES

        Chaque 'blague' sert à rappeler une règle de grammaire
Joke: plaisanterie       to tell a joke: raconter une plaisanterie
Pun: a pun is a joke that plays on words (jeu de mots)

A PUN
How do you cut the ocean in half?   the answer is: With a see-saw
               a saw                                a see-saw

A JOKE
Why do witches have brooms?      answer: Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy
             broom: balai               vacuum cleaner

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1.
   Why do cows have bells? Because horns don't work.
a horn is also the thing in a vehicle that you use to make a warning noise, in French: klaxon

2.
   What starts with P ends with E and has of letters? The Post Office

3.

How letters are there in the alphabet?

24 because E.T. went home.

4.
has many keys but can't open any door? a piano
a key: une clé     a key: une touche du clavier d'un piano

5.
   Why did this man his clock?    He wanted to see time fly.
         fly: voler      time flies: expression pour dire que le temps passe vite

6.
Which is , heat or cold? Heat because you can catch a cold.
to catch: attraper    I'll try to catch the cat.    To catch a cold: s'enrhumer, attraper un rhume

7.
English is a strange language, there is no egg in the eggplant and pine nor apple in the pineapple

8.
If a man in China went to Brazil and
died in Egypt , what would he be? Dead!

9.
Did your father help you with your homework? Yes, he did it all by

10.
A bicycle can't stand on own because it is two-tired.
tire is the American spelling of tyre (pneu)     two-tired: qui a 2 pneus    too tired: trop fatiguée

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