A businessman was in a great deal of trouble. His business was failing, he had put everything he had into the business, he owed everybody — it was so bad he was even contemplating suicide. As a last resort he went to a priest and poured out his story of tears and woe. When he… Read More »
We are Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. But we’re not home right now. So leave a message at the tone, and we’ll assimilate you later. You’re dazed, bewildered, trapped in a world without time, where sound collides with colour and shadows explode. You see a signpost up ahead – this is no… Read More »
Every law partner fancies himself a grammarian. He would edit Strunk and White. There is no sentence so straight-forward and simple that he will not happily torture it beyond recognition. Take the sentence “The sky is blue.” No junior associate would be so naïve as to think this proposition could pass muster in a big… Read More »
You know times are hard when you hear this announcement on board a flight: “Ladies and Gentlemen, in the event of a water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device. Simply reach below your seat and slide your credit card through the card reader to release the cushion.” Related posts:Nothing on… Read More »
Can you make a sentence using 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10? Here’s how a Singaporean would form the sentence using 1 to 10 and, better still, from 10 back to 1: 1 day I go 2 climb up a 3 outside a house to peep. But the couple saw me, so I panic and 4 down. The… Read More »
An elderly man went to the local drug store and asked the pharmacist for Viagra. The pharmacist said, “That’s no problem. How many do you want?” The man answered, “Just a few, maybe four, but cut each one in four pieces.” The pharmacist said “That won’t do you any good.” The elderly man said “That’s… Read More »