[JOKE] Water Pistols

Water Pistols

When a three-year-old opened a birthday gift from his grandmother, he discovered a water pistol.

He squealed with delight and headed for the nearest sink.

His Mother was not so pleased. She turned to Grandmom and said:

-- I'm surprised at you. Don't you remember how we used to drive you crazy with water guns?

Grandmom smiled and then replied:

-- I remember.

Vocabulary Help

• delight - prazer, alegria
• discover - descobrir
• drive crazy - enlouquecer
• gift - presente
• grandmother -avó
• head for - ir em direção a
• open - abrir
• pleased - satisfeita
• remember - lembrar
• reply - responder
• say (say, said, said) - dizer
• sink - pia
• smile - sorrir
• squeal - gritar
• turn to - virar-se para
• water pistol - pistola de água

[PROVERBS] Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.

Quem saberia me dizer o que significa esse proverbio em português? Sei! Parece ser bem estranho, mas assim como em nossa língua, outros povos usam expressões ou provérbios próprios.

Essa já não é tão difícil assim, pois é só olhar para o desenho ao lado. Mas existem, pelo menos, três formas de expressar a mesma ideia:

Many little strokes fell great oaks.

A drop hollows out a stone.

Para brasileiros:

“Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura”.

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[ENGLISH JOKE] Water and wine

Water and wine

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of Poop.

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine (or rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health.

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service.

Vocabulary Help

• boil - ferver
• carefully - cuidadosasmente
• drink (drink, drank, drunk) - beber
• feces - fezes
• full of shit - cheio de m...
• poop - fezes
• talk stupid - falar como bobo
• trial - experimento
• wine - vinho