five shortish jokes

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A husband and wife are trying to set upCONFIGURER a new passwordMOT DE PASSE for their laptop. The husband types “My-PeNiS”, at which point his wife bursts out laughingÉCLATE DE RIRE and falls off the chair, as the screen displaysAFFICHE: “It is not long enoughPAS ASSEZ LONG.”

[2]
Two fish are in a tankCHAR D’ASSAUT ↔ RÉSERVOIR. One turns to the other and asks: “Do you know how to driveCONDUIRE this thing?”

[3]
A childENFANT asked his father: “How were people bornNÉS?” The father replied: “Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies grew up and made more babies, and so on.” The child then asked his mother the same question, and she said: “We were monkeysSINGES, then we evolvedÉVOLUÉ to become like we are now.” The child ran back to his father and exclaimed: “You lied to me!” The father responded: “No, your mum was talking about her side of the family.”

[4]
A teacherENSEIGNANT asked her studentsÉLÈVES to use the word “beansHARICOTS” in a sentence. One girl said: “My father grows beans.” A boy added: “My mother cooks beans.” A third student chimed in: “We are all human beans.”

[5]
Why don’t scientistsSCIENTIFIQUES trust atomsATOMES? Because they make upINVENTER ↔ CONSTITUER everything.

[6]
A lawyerAVOCAT and a doctorMÉDECIN were chatting at a party. The doctor said: “At parties, people always ask me for medical adviceCONSEILS MÉDICAUX.” The lawyer replied: “Send them a billFACTURE the next day.” The doctor thought it was a brilliant idea—until the next morning, when he received a bill from the lawyer.

Vocabulary

set up: To configure or arrange something so it works.

password: A secret word or phrase used to gain access.

burst out laughing: To suddenly start laughing.

display: To show information on a screen.

They tried to set upCONFIGURER a new password.

The screen displayedAFFICHÉ an error message.

His wife burst out laughingÉCLATA DE RIRE.

Grammar

The joke mainly uses the present continuous and past simple.

Present continuous: “are trying” — describes an action in progress.

Past simple: “typed”, “laughed”, “fell” — completed actions.

It + adjective + enough: “It is not long enough” — common structure for limits or sufficiency.

Synonyms & Alternatives

set up: configure, arrange

burst out laughing: crack up, start laughing suddenly

display: show, present

not long enough: too short, insufficient length

Mini Dialogue

Husband: Why won’t it accept my password?

Wife: Read the message on the screen.

Husband: “It is not long enough.”

Wife: That’s exactly the problem!

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