Middle age is when the narrow waist and the broad mind begin to change places.
Ren/ dao` zhongnian/, jiu`shi` xia/zhai~ de yao he/ kuankuo` de xinxiong diao`huan` wei`zi% de shi/hou%.
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Clever little devil...
The Sunday schoolteacher had concluded her lesson and wanted to make sure she had gotten her point across.
-"Now, who can tell me the first thing you must do to obtain forgiveness of sin?"
-"Sin", replied a small voice from the back of the room.
Congming% de xiao~ nyu~hai/
Zhu~ri` xue/xiao` de lao~shi shang`ed wan/ le ke`, xiang~ed -to kao~kao~ xue/sheng%:
-- "Shui/ neng/ gao`su`v wo~, wei` le` ni~ de zui` -to de/dao` she`mian~-tion, ni~ yao`v -to zuo` de di` yi jian` shi` shi`v shen/me%?"
-- "Xian yao`v -to you~ zui`," zuo`ed zai` hou` pai/ de yi/ge` xue/sheng% xiao~sheng shuoed.
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Fred's hours became more and more irregular. One night his wife, becoming alarmed, wired to five of his best friends: "Fred is not home. Is he spending the night with you?" Fred's friends were very loyal. His wife received five telegrams, all reading: "Yes".
Fred zui`jin` hui/jia de shi/jian yue` lai/ yue` bu` -is zhun~shi/ le. Yi` tian wan~shang%, ta de qizi~ jing~jue/ed le, gei~ Fred de 5 ge% peng/you% da~ed le dian`bao`:" Fred bu/ zai`v jia. Ta zai`v bu zai`v ni~ na`er?"
Fred de peng/you% dou -is hen~ zhongshi/. Ta de tai`tai% shoued dao` le 5 fen` dian`bao`, dou shuoing:" zai`."
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Une femme a mis au monde des quintupl?. Son mari travaille pour XEROX.
(A woman gave birth to 5-plets. Her husband works for Xerox.)
Yi/ ge` nyu~ren/ shenged le 5 baotai. Ta de zhang`fu% zai` Shile` (ZEROX) fu`yin`ji gongsi gongzuo`s.