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Turkish Humor Comedy, jokes, funnies, grins and giggles... Şükrü Kızılot -- A tax man with a lively sense of humor Click for enlargement Thanks to Hürriyet Gazetesi 2 December 2007 Related Pages: Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Political Correctness, when it collides with the Turkish language Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor #1 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor #2 Courtroom Comedy #1 Traditional Turkish Humor #1 Traditional Turkish Humor #2 What makes Turks Laugh? Learning Turkish with the help of Turkish humor Şükrü Kızılot's daily column (called 'Financial Approach') in Hurriyet Gazetesi is supposed to give advice to readers on Turkish tax matters. But he often includes sidebars intended to make those same readers smile, chuckle, or laugh out loud. (He's an adherant of the philosophy, as we are, that a little bit of sugar makes the medicine go down. In his case, the medicine is the dreaded subject of Taxation...in our case, the dreaded subject is Turkish language learning!) Here below are a couple of his recent news-column sidebars, that illustrate what we mean. You may want first to try your own hand at translation (by clicking the related image, for enlargement) -- before allowing yourself a peek at our figurative translations, which follow a little further down the page. Who's the World's Happiest/Unhappiest Man Click for enlargement Thanks to Hürriyet Gazetesi 2 December 2007 Man and Wife Click for enlargement Thanks to Hürriyet Gazetesi 2 December 2007 Who's the World's Happiest Man? The happiest man has: a Japanese wife, an American salary, an English mansion, a Chinese cook, and a French mistress. Who's the World's Unhappiest Man? The unhappiest man has: a Chinese salary, an American wife, a Japanese house and an English cook. And, on his salary, he can't afford a French mistress. Man and Wife A man wakes up on a Sunday morning and finds his wife standing at the head of their bed. She's wearing a sheer and very revealing nightgown... with a pink 'baby doll' top and a sexy lace thong. And, in her hand, she's holding a length of red velvet rope. In her sexiest bedroom voice, the woman whispers, "Tie me up, big boy, and do anything you like." When he's finished tying up his wife... the man goes fishing with friends. Related: Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Political Correctness, when it collides with the Turkish language Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor #1 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor #2 Courtroom Comedy #1 Humor of Şükrü Kızılot Traditional Turkish Humor #1 Traditional Turkish Humor #2 Language Related Pages: Language Learning Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Translating Turkish, Looooong Turkish sentences About Translation Software Practical Participle Constructions Example of how humor helps you translate Turkish Also: Turkish Movies - Best-Looking Bad Girl of the 1970s, Sevda Ferdağ Bad Girls of the 1970s Turkish Cinema, Aliye Rona Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Accenting Turkish Numbers Revealed Other Turkish Language Difficulties Unrelated fun: Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language llustrated Nargile Users Guide -- and Encyclopedia Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... Turkish Belly Dancers Turkish Personal Names Why Off-Color Turkish is important too Turkish Kinsey Report #6 - Turkish Turn-Ons Turkish Kinsey Report #1 - Turkey opens up about its seks Turkish Kinsey Report #2 - Did they hear it through the grapevine? Turkish Kinsey Report #3 - Was it good for you? Turkish Kinsey Report #4 - The first time, by age group... Turkish Kinsey Report #5 - Who's gotta have it? He? Or she? Movie Superhero Tarkan, historic and erotik Mature Dutch Bride in Turkey Mature British Bride in Turkey Mature Swedish Bride in Turkey The Gossipy Who's Who of Turkey, index The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time Fast-working Turkish Diet -- with Alcohol included! Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Turkish Movies, Index

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