Monday, March 22, 2010

Joke

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.

"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."

"I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes," replies Watson.

"And what do you deduce from that?"

Watson ponders for a minute. "Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?"


Holmes is silent for a moment. "Watson, you fool!" he says. "Someone has stolen our tent!"

VOCABULARY
 
faithful - fiel 
fool - tonto  
tent- carpa   
timewise  - relativo a las horas   
to nudge - dar un codazo  
to ponder - reflexionar, considerar  
to suspect  - sospechar 
   


1 comment:

  1. Do you know that the famous sentence 'Elementary, dear Watson' does not appear in any of the original Sherlok Holmes novels?

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