Critical Thinking at its Best
British Woman: Do you drink beer?
British Man: Yes
Woman: How many beers a day?
Man: Usually about 3
Woman: How much do you pay per beer?
Man: £500 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary!)
Woman: And how long have you been drinking?
Man: About 20 years, I suppose
Woman: So a beer costs £5.00 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at £450.00. In one year, it would be approximately £5400 correct?
Man: Correct
Woman: If in 1 year you spend £5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at £108,000.00 correct?
Man: Correct
Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?
Man: Do you drink beer?
Woman: No.
Man: Where's your Ferrari?
Unfriend
Friend: Dylan Osborn, 37, of Buckinghamshire, England
Story: Shortly after Osborn joined Facebook in 2007, a window appeared on screen asking if he wanted to send “friend requests” to everyone on his e-mail list.
He clicked “Yes.” Result: A friend request went to his estranged wife, Claire Tarbox … with whom he was under court order to not have any contact.
Busted! Tarbox called the police, and Osborn was arrested for sending this friend request and then sentenced by a judge to 10 days in jail.
Osborn claimed that he hadn’t understood how Facebook works and had no idea the request would be sent to Tarbox.
“I didn’t even know she had a Facebook account.” he told reporters after his release.
“To be honest, I don’t think the judge understood how it works, either.”
When Siri Slips
After i-messaging back and forth with my wife, I jokingly commanded Siri to pass along this message: “You need to get back to work now; you have a husband to support.”
Here’s what Siri sent: “You need to get back to work now; you have a has-been to support.”
-John Brown
Bosom Buddies
My friend at the singles club was blithely chatting away, oblivious to the fact that her name tag had slipped down over her breast. I asked another friend if I should say something to her. “Like what?” she asked. “What she named the other one?”
-Marcy Snaza
Good English
My ESL students try so hard and are so appreciative. One student paid me the ultimate compliment when she said, “You teach English good.”
Blizzard Jokes
People are so panicked about the blizzard that my Whole Foods is completely out of arugula.
-Jerry Thomas
Glad the snow gives my parents and me something to talk about besides why I’m alone!
-Alison Leiby
I bought wine & a bag of avocados so I’m pretty sure I’m totally prepared for the blizzard.
— Alie Martell
An old woman in the grocery store just bought eight large tubs of cottage cheese; no two blizzard preps are the same, we are all snowflakes.
Don't just sit there smiling, share it with the rest of the class ---- Send us your humor BFloyd@ElectricSmarts.com
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British Man: Yes
Woman: How many beers a day?
Man: Usually about 3
Woman: How much do you pay per beer?
Man: £500 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary!)
Woman: And how long have you been drinking?
Man: About 20 years, I suppose
Woman: So a beer costs £5.00 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at £450.00. In one year, it would be approximately £5400 correct?
Man: Correct
Woman: If in 1 year you spend £5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at £108,000.00 correct?
Man: Correct
Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?
Man: Do you drink beer?
Woman: No.
Man: Where's your Ferrari?
Unfriend
Friend: Dylan Osborn, 37, of Buckinghamshire, England
Story: Shortly after Osborn joined Facebook in 2007, a window appeared on screen asking if he wanted to send “friend requests” to everyone on his e-mail list.
He clicked “Yes.” Result: A friend request went to his estranged wife, Claire Tarbox … with whom he was under court order to not have any contact.
Busted! Tarbox called the police, and Osborn was arrested for sending this friend request and then sentenced by a judge to 10 days in jail.
Osborn claimed that he hadn’t understood how Facebook works and had no idea the request would be sent to Tarbox.
“I didn’t even know she had a Facebook account.” he told reporters after his release.
“To be honest, I don’t think the judge understood how it works, either.”
When Siri Slips
After i-messaging back and forth with my wife, I jokingly commanded Siri to pass along this message: “You need to get back to work now; you have a husband to support.”
Here’s what Siri sent: “You need to get back to work now; you have a has-been to support.”
-John Brown
Bosom Buddies
My friend at the singles club was blithely chatting away, oblivious to the fact that her name tag had slipped down over her breast. I asked another friend if I should say something to her. “Like what?” she asked. “What she named the other one?”
-Marcy Snaza
Good English
My ESL students try so hard and are so appreciative. One student paid me the ultimate compliment when she said, “You teach English good.”
Blizzard Jokes
People are so panicked about the blizzard that my Whole Foods is completely out of arugula.
-Jerry Thomas
Glad the snow gives my parents and me something to talk about besides why I’m alone!
-Alison Leiby
I bought wine & a bag of avocados so I’m pretty sure I’m totally prepared for the blizzard.
— Alie Martell
An old woman in the grocery store just bought eight large tubs of cottage cheese; no two blizzard preps are the same, we are all snowflakes.
Don't just sit there smiling, share it with the rest of the class ---- Send us your humor BFloyd@ElectricSmarts.com
You are reading the best eNewsletter in the Industry. It is filled with Business Ideas, Product and Technology Tips, Web TV interview, links to Online Courses; and it always contains a few laughs to lighten your day. Sign up your employees or friends below, or send us a list complete with their name, title and email, and we'll sign them up for you.
CLICK HERE to Subscribe
