Monday, June 20, 2011

Good morning crew,

I found a pretty neat article about the most popular pick-up lines from around the world. Popular with whom the article did not specify, because I can't think of a single woman who would fall for one of these old gags. But I thought you might find them amusing...

You should be certain to score in the universal language of love with the top winning line - "Was your father a thief? Because he stole the stars from the sky and put them in your eyes".

So say the authors of a new top 10 of chat-up lines, which have been translated from English into Czech, French, Italian, Spanish and German by the publishers Chambers.

If their top-rated suggestion does not have the desired effect, then try in one of six languages to say: "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?"

Or maybe: "You must be tired because you've been running through my mind all day".

Scraping in at Number 10 in the romance parade comes "The only things your eyes haven't told me is your name."

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"Wendy's is selling the Arby's restaurant chain to the company that owns Cinnabon. Or as most Americans put it, 'My lunch place is selling my dinner place to my breakfast place.'" -Jimmy Fallon

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"According to the Wall Street Journal, economic experts now fear there may be a second recession. A second recession? When did the first one end?" -Jay Leno

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"According to a new study, American fathers are spending more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to. Experts say it's due to a sweeping new trend called 'unemployment.'" -Conan O'Brien

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The new bride had spent two hours preparing her first breakfast. She sat down at the table, eagerly watching as her husband slowly savored each forkful.

"How was it, Honey?" she asked when he'd finished.

"Well," he began thoughtfully, wiping his lips, "you probably could have beaten the eggshells a little longer. But on the whole, it was a good start."


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A crew of highway maintenance workers were sent to repair some road signs that vandals had knocked down in a forested area. The first one they put back up was a symbol warning of a deer crossing.

As they moved down the road to repair the next sign, one member, of the crew looked back and spotted a deer running across the highway. She turned to a co-worker and said, "I wonder how long he's been waiting to cross?"