Hummingbird  +  452637 Thu, 13 Dec 07 05:16 AM Hello everyone Try to solve this funny riddle * what is a doughnut? *this riddle will help you learn some vocabs . So,have fun learning. Hummingbird Joined on Sat, Dec 1 2007 Junior Member 52 Education is the best defense against the media.. Jokes, Riddles

	Hummingbird  +  454122 Mon, 17 Dec 07 03:38 PM   what is a doughnut?  The answer is: a doughnut is someone who is crazy about money!!! doughnut is a fried cake shaped like a ring. In slang dough also means ''money'', and  nut can mean ''a crazy person'' , if you're nut about something, it means that you're extremely enthusiastic about it.                                               .................................................. A- Julie, you're looking very well. How about getting some coffee with me? B- coffee and doughnuts sounds great!! what have you been up to lately? A- Actually I've been working around the clock in my new business. B- Oh, you're after the big bucks, huh? I never thought you'd be so dedicated to money! you're becoming  a real ''dough nut''! A- Yeah, and a health nut too. I don't eat doughnuts any moreــــــthey have too much fat!! *I hope you find my post exciting, cool and informative.   Hummingbird Jokes

	Kooyeen  +  454174 Mon, 17 Dec 07 05:28 PM Hi there Hummingbird, very interesting! I like to play with words, how they are pronounced, etc. But there's a problem:  Hummingbird wrote: you're nut about something, it means that you're extremely enthusiastic about it. I think it has to be nuts, plural... The adjective "nuts" means "crazy". But I just checked in my dictionary, and I found out that the noun "nut" means "crazy person". So I think it's "nuts" when it's the adjective (You are nuts!), and "nut" when it's the noun (You are a nut!). Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,970 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Plurals, Jokes, Nouns

	Hummingbird  +  454361 Tue, 18 Dec 07 03:21 AM ok..  still you can say it this way, too: she's crazy about her new job= she's nut about her new job. I'm crazy about your smile = I'm nut about your smile. : ) Hummingbird Jokes

	Kooyeen  +  454661 Tue, 18 Dec 07 07:27 PM Hi, I'm afraid you have to say you are nuts about somebody's smile... I think I've never seen "nut" used that way. Maybe it's also used that way though, who knows... well, it's doesn't matter, anyway. Kooyeen Jokes

	Mctastic  +  471650 Fri, 01 Feb 08 10:00 PM hi! you spelled HANDEY wrong. It should be spelled HANDY. just thought I shoukd let you know seen as you were correcting the person above you when you needed correcting yourself! Mctastic Joined on Fri, Feb 1 2008 New Member 01 Jokes

	Lakshwadeep  +  471738 Sat, 02 Feb 08 05:23 AM You, mctastic, truly didn't understand the point of the quotation that precedes the word "Handey." If you would notice, then you would have realized that "Handey" is actually the American humorist Jack Handey. Why else would someone put the word "handy" in parentheses after a quotation? Perhaps you did not realize that you are the one who misspelled: you wrote "should" as "shoukd" and also wrote "seen" instead of "seeing." Also, for my whole life I've never heard an American English speaker use "nut" as an predicate adjective. Remember that this forum is for people who are learning English as a second language. It is unproductive to blindly criticize a word when you don't even realize it is a person's name. Please be more aware of your own mistakes before you decide to judge those of others (of which Kooyeen had none). Finally to quote from you, with better spelling, "I just thought I should let you know as you were correcting the person above you when you needed correcting yourself!" Lakshwadeep Joined on Sat, Feb 2 2008 United States Junior Member 90 Jokes, Learning English, American English, Spelling, English as a Second Language, Predicates

	Hummingbird  +  472213 Sun, 03 Feb 08 07:55 PM Oh, you guys need to calm down,, ok? After all, this was meant for fun. Laks: I think I have the right to post whatever I think it would be useful for us ''English learners''. I think, learning from jokes is an absolutely enjoyable way to study, also this way, infos usually sticks in your mind..=.+ don't you think? Koyeen,, lol,, yeah ,, I think you're right. Another joke that is also meant for fun ..and fun only... *Why do bees humm?? Your guesses, please! How about you go first, Laks. Hummingbird Jokes