ASWAN WORDS…

MAU tahu mengapa George Foreman memberi nama George pada semua anaknya? Versi lain dari cerita “Pangeran Kodok”. Cara seorang penyeleksi memutuskan siapa yang diterima untuk sebuah pekerjaan baru. Harapan dari seorang yang punya masalah dengan bangun pagi. Atau cara seorang murid merangkai kata dalam sebuah kalimat. Berikuti ini ceritanya yang saya kutip dari Reader’s Digest Indonesia edisi Juli 2008.

NEW JOB

ROB and Tom apply for the same job. They take a written test. “You both got the same number of questions wrong,” the HR person tells them, “but Rob gets the job.”

“If we both got the same number of questions wrong, how come he gets the job?” Tom asks indignantly.

“Well,” says the HR person, “one of his incorrect answer was better then yours.”

“Whoa, how can that be?”

“For problem No.46, Rob wrote ‘I don’t know.’ You wrote, ‘Me neither.’”

[SAQIB AHMAD]

FROG

WHEN a lonely frog consults a fortune teller, he’s told not to worry. “You going to meet a beautiful young girl,” she says, “and she will want to know everything about you.”

“That ‘s great!” says the excite frog. “When will I meet her?”

“Next semester,” says the psychic, “in biology class.”

[ZHANG WENYI]

SUNRISE

IF the Lord really wanted us to enjoy the sunrise, it would come no earlier than 10 a.m.

[GARY L. EKLUND]

IN CLASS

Teacher: Millie, give me a sentence starting with i.

Millie: I is …

Teacher: No Millie. Always say, “I am.”

Millie: Okay, I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.

GEOGRE

Penasaran kenapa George Foreman memberi nama George ke semua anaknya? Well, inilah alasan yang diberikan mantan juara tinju dunia tersebut kepada CBS News: “Kelau kepala Anda sering terkena tinju Muhammad Ali, tentunya kepala Anda tidak mampu menghapal lebih dari satu nama, bukan?”

[MAX COHEN]