birthing children in italy

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𝔸 doctor was having an affairUNE RELATION AMOUREUSE SECRÈTE with his nurse. Shortly afterwardPEU DE TEMPS APRÈS, she told him that she was pregnantENCEINTE. Not wanting his wife to know, he gave the nurse a sum of money and asked her to go to Italy and have the baby there.

"But how will I let you know the baby is born?" she asked.

He replied, "Just send me a postcard and write 'spaghetti' on the back. I'll take care of expensesJE M'OCCUPERAI DES DÉPENSES." Not knowing what else to do, the nurse took the money and flewA PRIS L'AVION to Italy.

Six months went by, and then one day the doctor's wife called him at the office and said, "Dear, you received a very strange postcard in the mail today from Europe, and I don't understand what it means."

The doctor said, "I will explain itJE VAIS L'EXPLIQUER." Later that evening the doctor came home, read the postcard, and fell to the floorS'EST EFFONDRÉ PAR TERRE with a heart attack.

ParamedicsAMBULANCIERS rushed him to the hospital emergency room. The head medicMÉDECIN CHEF stayed back to comfort the wife. He asked what trauma had precipitated the cardiac arrest.

So the wife picked up the card and read: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti - Two with sausage and meatballs; two without."

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🔍 Vocabulaire

Dans cette blague, examinons an affair, flew, et head medic.
An affair signifie une relation amoureuse secrète.
Flew signifie a pris l'avion (passé de "fly").
Head medic se réfère au médecin en chef ou responsable.

• Their affair lasted for several months before being discovered.
• She flew to Paris for a business meeting.
• The head medic made the final decision about patient care.

📘 Grammaire

Cette blague utilise principalement le past simple (passé simple) pour les actions comme "was having", "told", "gave". Elle contient aussi du discours rapporté pour montrer les conversations. Notez l'utilisation de contractions informelles comme "I'll".

• The doctor was having an affair (past continuous)
• She told him (past simple)
• "I'll take care of expenses" (future with contraction)

🔄 Synonymes & Alternatives

An affair: a secret relationship, illicit romance
Flew: traveled by air, jetted
Head medic: chief physician, senior doctor

💬 Mini Dialogue

Nurse: Doctor, I'm pregnant. What should we do?
Doctor: Go to Italy - just send a postcard with "spaghetti" written on it.
Wife: (later) What does this strange postcard mean?
Doctor: (reading) "Spaghetti, Spaghetti..." (collapses)
Head Medic: Madam, what caused this shock?
Wife: (reading) "Two with sausage, two without"!

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