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     Volume 2 Issue 6 | February 18 , 2007|


  
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English is a stupid language

Aftab Ahmed Khan



Let's face it, English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant.
No ham in the hamburger.
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
And French fries were not invented in France.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
What the heck does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play,
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another?

That is why,
When the stars are out, they are visible
But when the lights are out, they are invisible
And it's why when I wind up my watch,
It starts.
But when I wind up this poem,
It ends.

Eastern University (9th batch)


Tease your brain
( if you have any !?!)

Who was the only player to appear in the first six Cricket World Cups?

-Viv Richards

-Javed Miandad

-Sunil Gavaskar

-Desmond Haynes

-Mark Waugh

 

 

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