Самые лучшие английские анекдоты

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A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back.

A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house, and when the lady answered it, he said, “My father’s going to come and fix your window very soon.”

After a few more minutes a man came to the door with tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.

When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, “That will cost you exactly ten pounds.”

“But aren’t you the father of that young boy?” the woman asked, looking surprised.

“No,” he answered, equally surprised. “Aren’t you his mother?”

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– Is it really true that everything between Rosalie and you, Michael, is over? A whole year you were keeping company.[12 - you were keeping company – вы были неразлучны]

– Just imagine!

– And did you tell her about your rich uncle whose only heir you are.

– It was just because I told her about it. She left me to become my auntie.

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Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying “DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!” posted on the glass door.

Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.

He asked the store manager, “Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?”

“Yep, that’s him,” he replied.

The stranger couldn’t help but be amused.

“That certainly doesn’t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world[13 - why in the world – почему, чёрт возьми] would you post that sign?”

“Because,” the owner replied, “before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him.”

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– Here,[14 - Here! – Эй, послушайте!] hold my horse a minute, will you?

– Sir, I am a member of the Congress.

– Never mind![15 - Never mind! – Ничего! Не важно!] You look honest. I’ll take a chance.[16 - I’ll take a chance. – Я рискну.]

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– Doctor, will I be able to play the piano after the operation?

– Yes, of course.

– Great! I never could before!

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While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft.