Corndogs + Avocados

I bought a universal adapter off the internet a few days ago from a company called Overseas Best Buy based in Illinois. The adapter is manufactured by a Taiwanese company called WONPRO and as is often the case with products manufactured in non-English speaking countries there are some errors with the English translation on the [...]

“Hey Darin, we’re out of cheddar cheese. Will you have time to go to the supermarket on your way home from work?”
“Totally.”
“Oh, hey, we’re also out of Q-tips.”
“And toothpaste. Do you need anything else?”
“Hmmmm, I’d really like a bag of carrots. You know, just a bag of those little baby carrots.”
Several hours [...]

Recently I had/got to attend a teacher training sort of meeting. It was pretty standard as far as meetings go and for a time I was not overly thrilled to be there, but the following quote made the whole day absolutely worth it!
“Life is not easy. But neither is it a crap sandwich [...]

“I think that’s how Chicago got started. Bunch of people in New York said, ‘Gee, I’m enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn’t cold enough. Let’s go west.’”
–Richard Jeni

Thank you for calling the High School. Please listen carefully as our menu has changed?

To lie about why your child is absent ? Press 1

To make excuses for why your child did not do his or her homework ? Press 2

To complain about what we do ? Press 3

To swear at [...]

I was digging through some images and came across this gem from our English teaching days in Japan. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.