Can you raed me?
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are. The olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Thanks to Davide Greene for this interesting revelation.

Only Joking!
Thanks to Nick Walker (at the British Council) for his collection of one-liners.

Two cannibals eating a clown, one says to the other 'Does this taste funny to you?'

It's easy to distract fat people.
It's a piece of cake.
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat.

Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team?
She ran away from the ball.

Why were the teacher's eyes crossed?
She couldn't control her pupils.

It's strange isn't it? You stand in a library and scream - everybody just stares at you,
but if you do it on a plane everyone joins in.

Teachers open the door - You enter by yourself

Can you solve these two problems??????

1, Two English people are in bed together. One of them is he father of the other one's son. How are they related?
2, The father is four times as old as the son. In twenty years he will be twice as old. How old are they both now?

Happy Teachers' Day.
Ms Thanh Nha from Khanh Hoa
sends us this poem:

Here comes the teachers' day,
happily we gather.
Round and round our teacher,
cordially we sing our song.
Remember November!
Look up to our teachers!
We, masons of tomorrow…
Long live our teachers!

Contributions please!

Keep sending your favourite jokes, riddles and poems. We'll print the best ones in the next magazine and you could win a fantastic VTTN prize!

Write to:
'Bang on'
English Now
British Council
40 Cat Linh
Hanoi

Quote: 'Teachers open the door – You enter by yourself'

Back to top