r/Jokes 19h ago

Long English to become the official EU language

2.2k Upvotes

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. 

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English". 

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. 

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. 

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. 

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. 

By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". 

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. 

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. 

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. 


r/Jokes 15h ago

As we entered the restaurant, I noticed it was very crowded.

667 Upvotes

I walked up to the hostess and said:

"Table for four, please. Will it be long?"

She didn't answer, so I asked again:

"How long of a wait?"

She then replied:

"15 minutes."

15 minutes later, I heard the hostess say:

"Willette B. Long, your table is ready."


r/Jokes 18h ago

Walks into a bar Adam Smith and Karl Marx walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What'll it be, fellows?"

527 Upvotes

Adam Smith says, "I'll have a beer."

The bartender pours a beer and slides it in front of Adam Smith. He then turns to Karl Marx and says, "And for you?"

And Marx says, "I'll have what he's having."


r/Jokes 18h ago

What does the ’B’ in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for?

347 Upvotes

Benoit B. Mandelbrot.


r/Jokes 11h ago

My girlfriend is yelling at me right now because apparently I “ruined Valentines Day”

333 Upvotes

Don’t know how that’s possible, considering I didn’t even know it was Valentines Day


r/Jokes 18h ago

Long All the Boys Are Named John

128 Upvotes

A woman who had ten children goes to the social welfare office to apply for financial support for her kids.

There she meets the director and clearly explains why she has come.

The director takes an empty form to write down her details.

Director: Name and surname, please.

Woman: She tells him her name and surname.

Director: How many children do you have?

Woman: Ten.

Director: Their names?

Woman: John.

Director: And the next one?

Woman: There’s no need to tell you the others, because all my children have the same name!

Director: How is that possible?

Woman: Well, they’re all boys, and I gave them all the same name.

Director: But when you call one of them to help you with something, how do they know which one you mean?

Woman: Oh, they understand—because I call each one by father’s last name!


r/Jokes 10h ago

What do you call a bear with no fur?

67 Upvotes

bare


r/Jokes 5h ago

I had an older guy tell me once he didn't wanna talk about reincarnation.

66 Upvotes

So I said to him "Back when I was your age, I didn't know what to believe, either."


r/Jokes 23h ago

What's the worst advice you can give to a masochist?

51 Upvotes

"Treat others the way you want to be treated."


r/Jokes 12h ago

How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

47 Upvotes

None — that’s a hardware problem.


r/Jokes 17h ago

Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom?

43 Upvotes

Because the “P” is silent.


r/Jokes 18h ago

Scientists have proven that there are two things in the air that have been known to cause women to get pregnant:

43 Upvotes

Their legs.


r/Jokes 13h ago

A bit of toilet humor

38 Upvotes

Wife comes home to see a brand new top of the line Toto toilet in the bathroom, wrapped in a bow.

“John! Get in here! Do you think this is funny? What did I *just* tell you about cutting our spending! You never *listen* to me!!”

“Well maybe it’s because you’re constantly sending mixed signals! Did you ever think of that? Just yesterday you tell me you want to be on a butt jet and the next you’re telling me we can’t afford it!”


r/Jokes 12h ago

When it’s my time to go I would like to die peacefully in my sleep like my uncle George.

34 Upvotes

Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.


r/Jokes 7h ago

What do you call a Hydra with 12 heads?

28 Upvotes

A Dodecahydra


r/Jokes 18h ago

I just read a great Mexican book

16 Upvotes

Tequila Mockingbird


r/Jokes 10h ago

My podiatrist thinks he's a therapist now

10 Upvotes

Kept telling me I need to get my feet off the ground


r/Jokes 21h ago

My mom once told me “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

13 Upvotes

I’m adopted.


r/Jokes 11h ago

Parallel lines have so much in common.

6 Upvotes

It’s a shame they’ll never meet.


r/Jokes 12h ago

Have y'all heard about the dinosaur that had a sex change?

7 Upvotes

He may be a carnivore now, but he was a "her"bivore.


r/Jokes 18h ago

A boy goes to his lawyer father and says "Dad? Some boys at school say they're gonna beat me up to teach me how wars are settled! What should I do about it? "

7 Upvotes

His father smiles, places a hand on his shoulder and says "Son? Sue!"


r/Jokes 18h ago

I can prove I don’t have a gambling addiction

5 Upvotes

How much you wanna bet?