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Hello Mich and Clive Thanks for the replies. "Not unless he could fly it" sounds too reasonable to be a joke. I wonder if a CNN article would pick up such a too normal saying. I don't think it is a typo. Clive's interpretation about "it" is nice. Yes, "it" must be a spacecraft. paco

I found an article about ex-astronaut Schirra in a page from CNN. Walter M. Schirra Jr. Schirra in his Mercury pressure suit with model of Mercury spacecraft behind him. The jocular Schirra logged more time in space than any of the other Mercury seven -- 295 hours -- aboard Mercury 8, Gemini 6...

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/turkey.htm CalifJim is right but it sometimes causes some jokes when you speak with an American or English. American: Hey I know how to speak Turkish! Turkish:: Really? Then tell me something! American: Gooble gooble gooble, eheheheu... Turkish:...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member to this forum, but I'm already excited to be a part of it. Anyhow, I'll tell you alittle about myself. I'm a second year journalism major at Michigan State University with aspirations of becoming a NewYork Times writer. One day I hope to publish my own magazines, but...

Hi, Kanjin, I don't know this joke but your question provoked me to search the Intenet. I found a short article discussing the differences in the way British and French people think: "A French Cartesian mind does not know what to make of a nonsensical story, such as this one. “The governor of...

Dear Friends: I encountered this quotation. "There are three kinds of economists. Those that can add, and those that can't." By Hamish McRae I have just two kinds here and looked for the original to find the third kind, but I found this article. “The governor of the Bank of England began an...

By Dahr Jamail, Journalist In December 2003, for instance, a man in Baghdad, speaking of the Abu Ghraib atrocities, said to me, "Why do they use these actions? Even Saddam Hussein did not do that! This is not good behavior. They are not coming to liberate Iraq!" And by then the bleak jokes of the...

The problem is you are looking for "wedsites", try with "websites" Sorry for the joke, seriously, if I find something I'll let you know.

Hi, This article is about April Fool's Day. On that day even mass media play jokes on readers. The idea of telling lies in the newspaper came from that bastion of responsible reporting--the BBC. I'm not sure about the description "bastion of responsible reporting". Does it mean that BBC has a...

Sometimes baby talk is more complex for ESL learners! Here is the article that contains complete context: American Idol’s William Hung Found Dead of Heroin Overdose 7/13/2004 - Robert Krupto Las Vegas, NV - Kitschy American Idol Star William Hung, famous for his botching of Ricky...