Day: March 4, 2013

The young couple walked into a car dealer’s showroom and was taken aback by the sticker price of a subcompact car. “But that’s the same price as a big car,” the husband said. “Well,”  said the salesman, “if you want economy, you’ve got to pay for it.”

Teacher: “Class, it’s an interesting linguistic fact, in English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language in which a double positive combine to make a negative. A student stood and said, “Yeah, right.”

* We were on a long and quiet car trip when my husband out of the blue said how glad he was that I was with him.  I was so touched. He is  a very loving man, but comments like this one are unusual. “Are you happy we are together, glad I’m your wife, or are you just feeling mushy?” I asked. “I’m just glad you’re with me,” he answered, “so we can drive in the high occupancy carpool lane.”