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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: Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Traditional Turkish Humor 1 Traditional Turkish Humor 2 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor 1 Politically Incorrect 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 Pages: Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Traditional Turkish Humor 1 Traditional Turkish Humor 2 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor 1 Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor 2 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: Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish Other Turkish Language Difficulties Unrelated fun: Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... Turkish Belly Dancers Turkish Personal Names Off-Color Turkish 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? Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time Real-Life Weight Loss a la turc (1 of 2) Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Turkish Movies Catalog, Index

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