[BITList] Fwd: A Lesson in ENGLISH

[Michael Feltham]

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From David H
Sex and Good English

The Importance of speaking well
 

On his 74th birthday, a man got a gift certificate from his wife.  
The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation 
who was rumoured to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.

 

After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket 
to the medicine man, and wondered what he was in for.

The old man slowly, methodically produced a potion, handed it to him, 
and with a grip on his shoulder, warned, 'This is a powerful medicine, and it 
must be respected.  You take only a teaspoonful, and then say '1-2-3.' When 
you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life, and 
you can perform as long as you want."

 

The man was encouraged. As he walked away, he turned and asked, "How 
do I stop the medicine from working?"

"Your partner must say '1-2-3-4,'" he responded,  
"but when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."

 

He was very eager to see if it worked so he went home, showered, shaved, 
took a spoonful of the medicine, and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom.  
When she came in, he took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!"

Immediately, he was the manliest of men.

 

His wife was excited and began throwing off her clothes, and then 
she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"


And that, boys and girls, is why we should never end our sentences 
with a preposition, because we could end up with a dangling participle. 

 
 
 

 




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