| Week 47, 2007 - The Laughable News |
In The News:Boy Teaches Himself 10 Languages:A ten-year-old boy has taught himself to speak ten different languages. Arpan Sharma taught himself French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swahili, Mandarin, Polish, Thai and the Lugandan language of Uganda. He also learned Hindi from his mum and dad.
The primary school pupil from Oldbury, West Midlands, studied using CD-roms. Arpan says when he’s older he would like to work as a surgeon in hospitals abroad. Malaysian Man Arrested For Needless Bribe:A Malaysian man apparently fearing he had too much to drink tried to play it safe by bribing a policeman to avoid a breath analyzer test. It turned out he passed the test, but was fined for bribery. Aw Cheng Fatt offered a police officer 50 ringgit ($15) after his car was stopped at a police check point for drunk driving three years ago, The Star reported Wednesday. The alcohol screening test showed the man’s blood level was in fact within the permissible limit. However, Aw wound up getting arrested for corruption and was fined 1,000 ringgit ($300) in court Tuesday, the report said. Hooked On Facts:No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times. Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning. A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour. Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116. The oldest pig in the world lived to the age of 68. Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten. The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million. In what country will you find the most Universities? India. If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there’s no air pressure. It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world’s population are drunk.
Just Joking:Hunting With The Wife:A hunter visited another hunter and was given a tour of his home. In the den was a stuffed lion. The visiting hunter asked, “when did you bag him?” The host said, “that was three years ago, when I went hunting with my wife.” “What’s he stuffed with,” asked the visiting hunter. “My wife.” Rednecks Go Fishing:Two rednecks go on a fishing trip. They rent all the equipment - the reels, the rods, the wading suits, the rowboat, the car, and even a cabin in the woods. I mean they spend a fortune! The first day they go fishing, but they don’t catch anything. The same thing happens on the second day, and on the third day. It goes on like this until finally, on the last day of their vacation, one of the men catches a fish. As they’re driving home they’re really depressed. One guy turns to the other and says, “Do you realize that this one lousy fish we caught cost us fifteen hundred bucks?” The other guy says, “Wow! Then it’s a good thing we didn’t catch any more!” Flight School:A blonde went to a flight school insisting that she wanted to learn to fly. As all the planes were currently in use, the owner agreed to instruct her by radio on how to pilot the solo helicopter. He took her out, showed her how to start it and gave her the basics, and sent her on her way. After she climbed 1000 feet, she radioed in. “I’m doing great! I love it! The view is so beautiful, and I’m starting to get the hang of this.” After 2000 feet, she radioed again, saying how easy it was to fly. The instructor watched her climb over 3000 feet, and was beginning to worry that she hadn’t radioed in. A few minutes later, he watched in horror as she crashed about half a mile away. He ran over and pulled her from the wreckage. When he asked what happened, she said, “I don’t know! Everything was going fine, but as I got higher, I was starting to get cold. I can barely remember anything after I turned off the big fan!” Trivia & More:
Answers: 1. Hawaii. All of it is surrounded by water. Most people, amazingly enough, get this one wrong. They either say Maine, Florida, Alaska, or California. 2. ALL the children are boys, so 1/2 half are boys and so is the other half. 3. An envelope 4. I’m your imagination. 5. A rubber ball.
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