the president of a whole country

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Scientists are doing an experiment on the human brainCERVEAU to see how much someone can function withoutSANS certain parts of it. They removeRETIRER half the brainCERVEAU and ask the subject to count to ten. He counts “one, three, five, seven, nine.”

Fascinated, they put it back and removeRETIRER the other half, then ask him to count to ten again. He counts “two, four, six, eight, ten.”

Finally, they removeRETIRER the entire brainCERVEAU and ask him to count to ten one more time. He says: “I can count to ten, I’m the best with numbers, I know numbers, I have the best numbers, in the news they say I can’t count, that’s wrongFAUX, they’re fake news, people, when they think about good numbers, I can count, with any numbers, all the time, better than China, better than anyone…”

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🔍 Vocabulary

In this joke, let’s examine brain, without, remove, and wrong.

Brain: the organ inside the skull that controls thought and movement.

Without: indicates the absence of something.

Remove: to take something away or off.

Wrong: not correct; mistaken.

• The human brainCERVEAU is incredibly complex.
• He completed the task withoutSANS any help.
• Please removeRETIRER your shoes before entering.
• Your answer was wrongFAUX.

📘 Grammar

This joke makes extensive use of direct speech to reproduce the subject’s words.

It also employs the present simple tense when the subject counts aloud (e.g. “He counts one, three, five…”).

• “I can count to ten,” he said. (direct speech)
• She writes in her diary every morning. (present simple)

🔄 Synonyms & Alternatives

Brain: mind, intellect

Remove: take away, eliminate

Wrong: mistaken, inaccurate

💬 Mini Dialogue

Auditor: We must remove all duplicate entries from the ledger.

Manager: Without accurate figures, the report will be wrongFAUX.

Auditor: True, but it takes real brainCERVEAU power to spot them all.

Manager: Then let’s finalise this before the regulators arrive.

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