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I've gotta quit doin' this! I was picking up on anon's typo of "collect" in place of "correct." We have expressions like "collect call," where the person receiving the call must pay. "C.O.D." = "cash on delivery," which is an old...

No, it's a joke involving stating the obvious and superhero names! I'm not sure if it's worth explaining fully (and it won't seem funny anyway) but essentially he is saying 'why are you asking such a silly question. Of COURSE I'm not all right. I'm obviously not...

Hi, 1. Please tell me why it has to be in the present tense. Please look at 'says' at the Final Line. A Joke in "Think English", the name of a supplementary paper/insert that came with the Saturday, April 19, 2008 issue of JoongAng Daily/Herald International Tribune: The name...

Hi, What kind of jewellery do rabbits wear?14 carrot gold. What does 14 carrot gold mean? Thanks! Gold is measured in carats, not carrots. It's a joke, because the two words sound similar when you say them. Best wishes, Clive

  Then it follows that the real life we're not doing and should do is the one with instruction, which seems to contradict with MM's interpretation...  

1corny1 archaic: tasting strongly of malt 2: of or relating to corn 3: mawkishly old-fashioned: tiresomely simple and sentimental <told corny jokes>What does of mean in the above definition? I couldn't find any definition of of in M-W which fitted here.The combination tiresomely simple...

It's just supposed to be a joke, suggesting that what we're doing here is not "real life." I suppose it's even possible the person who first came up with it was thinking about the "afterlife" (in heaven) as what's real, and this one doesn't count, but I...

Old joke. The joke is the contrast between the seriousness of the situation and the "relaxing" message conveyed by the last sentence. Imagine yourself being a test pilot on a plane falling towards the ground who receives instructions from the ground support:This is only a test. ...

 Thanks, Jim. I want to MAKE SURE I understand your last part, and thus comes this follow-up message.Is "NEVER I probably won't attend the meeting" simply a joke? or is it ACTUALLY a wrong expression in English? If the former, I will take it as (a) it's ALWAYS GOOD to be...

Thank you, YoongLiat. But I somehow still feel uncomfortable. Saying "David likes to joke even with his parents" sounds to me like "David likes to joke with his friends and David LIKES to joke with his parents". Note the present tense and this makes me think he still likes to...