Pink Prison Policy

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix Arizona had a problem; he had to transfer 700 criminals from their old prison to the new penitentiary three kilometres away. How could he do it without any of the inmates escaping? No problems for Joe. He dressed them all in ankle-chains, flip-flops and pink underwear so that they would be too embarrassed to escape. Stupid idea? Well, it worked.

Anecdote from Think in English nº 71

Dental Humor

Dental Humor

Patient: How much to have this tooth pulled out?

Dentist: $ 120.

Patient: for a few minutes of work?

Dentist: I can extract it very slowly of you like.

 Word Trivia 

 An electronic company once introduced a curling iron into Germany with the name “Mist-Stick”, which translate into German as “Manure Wand”.

(both from: Hot English nº 57)

Humor

A man in a hot air ballon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and saw a man below.

He descended a bit more and shouted:

"Excuse me, can you help me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am".

The man below replied:

"You are in a hot air balloon hovering aproximately 30 feet aboved the ground. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude and between 58 and 60 degrees west longitude".

"You must be an engineer" said the balloonist.

"I am", replied the man "but how did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information and the fact is I am still lost."

Then the man below responded:

"You must be a manager."

"I am", replied the balloonist, "how did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are exactly in the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

From "The last laugh",  Speak Up nº 300