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Remind me of the joke... "yeah, right"



colibrita
United Kingdom

Remind me of the joke... "yeah, right"
 
Hi everyone,

A couple of months back somebody posted a cool joke about the English language. Something about a teacher telling his students that you can �t use double negatives, and two positives don �t make a negative

The punchline was a student saying "Yeah, right"

Anyone, know what on earth I am talking about????!!

Hugs

Colibrita

8 Sep 2010      





franknbea
United Kingdom

Hi Colibrita,
Is this the joke? 
 
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class one day.

�In English �, he said, �A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. �

A loud voice from the back of the room piped up, �Yeah, right. �

8 Sep 2010     



colibrita
United Kingdom

That �s it! Thanks Franknbea! Mua mua!

8 Sep 2010     



anitarobi
Croatia

It �s a good one. Hadn �t heard it before...

8 Sep 2010     



anitarobi
Croatia

Btw, I hope you won �t mind this, but since we �re on the subject of jokes...
 

Student Proverbs

A FIRST GRADE TEACHER collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest.


As you shall make your bed so shall you..........mess it up.
Better be safe than......................punch a 5th grader.
Strike while the ..............................bug is close.
It �s always darkest before............daylight savings time.
You can lead a horse to water but.......................how?
Don �t bite the hand that........................looks dirty.
A miss is as good as a...................................Mr.
You can �t teach an old dog new.........................math.
If you lie down with the dogs, you �ll..stink in the morning.
The pen is mightier than the...........................pigs.
An idle mind is.......................the best way to relax.
Where there �s smoke, there �s......................pollution.
Happy the bride who...................gets all the presents.
A penny saved is...................................not much.
Two �s company, three �s.......................the musketeers.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you,
cry and..........................you have to blow your nose.
Children should be seen and not.........spanked or grounded.
When the blind leadeth the blind.........get out of the way.

from http://www.ahajokes.com/school_jokes.html
 
PS: I �ll move this post soon enough if it messes up the forum, don �t worry.

8 Sep 2010     



Amanda W
Austria

They �re funny! Many thanks.

8 Sep 2010     



Apodo
Australia

Very funny!LOL Hadn �t heard the double positive joke before - so thanks!

8 Sep 2010     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

You made my day, AnitaSmile
Sophia

8 Sep 2010     



pauguzman
Argentina

LOL good jokes!!

8 Sep 2010     



CHARMED ONE
Mexico

LOLLOLLOLLOLLOL
 
A great way to start a new day!!   Thanks for sharing Frank and Anita!!
 
I just saved them both!!
 
Have a nice day!!

8 Sep 2010