01 December 2025

at the corner shop

Learn English With Jokes
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A blokemec, gars walks into a convenience storeune supérette, un magasin de proximité and picks upprend a single-servingportion individuelle drink, a single-serving ready meal, a single-serving toothpastedentifrice, a single-serving dessert – basically a single-servingportion individuelle everything.

When he gets to the tillcaisse with it all, the lady at the counter says, “Let me guessdeviner, you’re singlecélibataire, aren’t you?

The bloke replies, “Yeah, how'd you knowcomment le savez-vous ??”

And she says, “Because you're ugly as fuckt’as une tronche de cul.”


Vocabulary
bloke: (British) a man, a guy, a chap
convenience store: small local shop open long hours (supérette), corner shop
till: (British) cash register, checkout
single-serving: packaged for one person only
The blokemec at the bar bought everyone a round.
I just nipped intowent quickly into; stopped briefly the convenience storesupérette for milk.
Grammar
• Use of narrative present tense for jokes (“walks into”, “says”, “replies”)—very common in British English joke-telling.
• Tag question: “you’re single, aren’t you?” (expecting agreement)
• Informal contraction: “how’d you know??” instead of the very formal “how did you know?”
Synonyms & Alternatives
bloke: guy, chap, lad, fella
convenience store: corner shop, local shop, off-licence
till: counter, checkout, cash desk
Mini Dialogue
Shop assistant: That’ll be £12.40, love.
Customer: Twelve quid for a single yogurt and a toothbrush?
Shop assistant: Let me guess—you’re single?
Customer: How'd you know?


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