- Brian Regan, "Stupid In School"I remember my teacher asked me, “Brian, what’s the ‘i’ before ‘e’ rule?”
“Um…‘i’ before ‘e’ always.”
“What are you, an idiot, Brian?”
“Apparently.”
So she explains it, “No, Brian, it’s: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ and when sounding like ‘a’ as in neighbor and weigh and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you’ll always be wrong no matter what you say.”
That’s a hard rule. That’s a rough rule.
Plurals were hard too.
“Brian, how do you make a word a plural?”
“You put a ‘s’…put a ‘s’ at the end of it.”
“When?”
“On weekends and holidays.”
“No, Brian. Let me show you.” So she asked this kid who knew everything. Irwin. “Irwin, what’s the plural for ox?”
“Ox. Oxen. The farmer used his oxen.”
“Brian?”
“What?”
“Brian, what’s the plural for box?”
“Boxen. I bought 2 boxen of doughnuts.”
“No, Brian, no. Let’s try another one. Irwin, what’s the plural for goose?”
“Geese. I saw a flock of geese.”
“Brian?”
“Wha-a-at?”
“What’s the plural for moose?”
“Moosen! I saw a flock of MOOSEN! There were many of ‘em. Many much moosen. Out in the woods…in the woodes…in the woodsen. The meese want the food in the woodesen…food is the eatenesen…the meese want the food in the woodesenes…food in the woodesenes.”
“Brian. Brian! You’re an imbecile.”
“Imbecilen!”
“What? Are you speaking German, Brian?”
“German…Germaine…Germaine…Jackson…Jackson 5…Tito!”
“Brian, what the hell are you talking about?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know, really.”
Friday, April 14, 2006
Since I haven't updated in awhile, I thought I'd post my favorite joke. It makes me laugh out loud everytime.

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