[While driving,] Hank picks up a hitch-hiker. After a kilometer, [the hitch-hiker] asks him: This is really nice [of you], but it’s also dangerous. What if I were a murderer?” Hank turns slowly toward his new traveling companion [and says]: “Statistically speaking, it’s more than unlikely that two murderers would be sitting in the same […]
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A police officer stops a driver [and] asks: “You’re weaving as you drive. Would you agree [to take] an alcohol test?” The driver [replies]: “Bring it on – what have you got?” Polizist hält einen Autofahrer an. Er fragt: “ Sie sind Schlangenlinien gefahren. Wän Sie mit einem Alkhoholtest einverstanden?” Autofahrer: “Kommt drauf an. Was
Timo hears on his car radio: “Please use caution on the A1. Keep right here; a car [could] possibly come toward you.” Nonplussed/ Perplexed, Timo [says]: “What do they mean, ‘a car’? There’s a hundred of them!” Timo hört in seinem Autoradio: “Bitte Vorsicht auf der A1. Hier bitte rechts fahren, es kommt Ihnen eventuell
A Manta driver had a parrot in the passenger’s seat and his window open. He idled near a Mercedes at a red light. The driver of the Mercedes lowered his window and asked, “Can it talk?” Responded the parrot: “I don’t know!” Ein Mantafahrer hat auf seinem Beifahrersitz einen Papagei sitzen und das Fenster offen.
Beth calls her friend James from the motorway on her cell phone. She tells James to be careful, because the radio says there is a nut on the motorway driving in the wrong direction. James replies, “Yeah, there are hundreds of them!” Source: Adapted from Carroll, Noel. Humour: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, UK: Oxford
A Manta driver at a garage: “Could you repair my horn?” Mechanic: “Your brakes aren’t working, either.” Manta driver: “I know. That’s why I need to honk all the time.” Ein Manta-Fahrer in einer Werkstatt: „Könnten Sie meine Hupe reparieren?” Mechaniker: „Ihre Bremsen funktionieren auch nicht.” Manta-Fahrer: „Ich weiß. Deshalb muss ich ständig hupen.” Lund,
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