third week

hello. for this week, i would like to apologize for only posting the joke and idiom of the week. work has been terribly busy and what with my preparation for our holiday, i am left with very little time.

i promise to make it up to you after i get back from my holiday. i am pretty sure that i will have been refreshed by then.

cheers,

kate

idiom of the week: Get the Sack

"Did you hear about Jane in accounts?"

"No."

"Well, she came in late the other day and old Simmonds calls her into his office and gives her such a bollocking."

"That's Simmonds."
"Yeah, well, she tells him to take his job and shove it."

"Really. What happened?"

"Well, she got the sack, didn't she. 15 minutes. Get your stuff and get out."

"Oh, what a shame. Nice girl."

"Cheers. To Jane, and standing up to authority!"

Explanation: Be dismissed from your job.

Notes: In the old days, craftsmen used to bring their own tools to work. If the employer decided to dismiss a person, he would put that person's tools into a sack for him to take when he left. So when you got the sack, you knew you were being ordered to leave your job.

joke of the week: The Pirate

An sailor meets a pirate in a bar, and they take turns telling each other about their adventures at sea. Seeing the pirate's peg-leg, hook, and eye patch, the seaman asks, "So, how did you get the peg-leg?"

The pirate replies, "We were caught in a monster storm off and a giant wave swept me overboard. Just as they were pulling me out, a school of sharks appeared and one of them bit my leg off."

"Blimey!" said the seaman. "What about the hook?"

"Ahhhh...," said the pirate, "We were boarding a trader ship, pistols blasting and swords swinging this way and that. In the chaos my hand got chopped off."

"Crickey!" remarked the seaman. "And how about the eye patch?"

"A seagull dropping fell into my eye," answered the pirate.

"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously.

"Well," said the pirate, "it was my first day with the hook!"

Explanation:

Pirate = a sailor who steals from other ships

Peg-leg = wooden leg

Hook = what you have on a door to hang your dressing gown on, or on your arm instead of

your hand

Eye patch = when you have no eye, this black cloth covers the hole

Overboard = in the water

Blimey = wow!

Boarding = getting onto a ship

Pistols = hand guns

Blasting = shooting

Sword = long knife for fighting

Crickey = wow!

Dropping = when a bird goes to the toilet, this is what you get!

Incredulously = in disbelief

week 2 [SEPT 8 TO 12]

hello. 10 more cartoons have been added. scroll down or click on to the previous/older posts to find the idiom and joke of the week.

cheers,

kate

cartoon 20

cartoon 19

cartoon 18