Jokes

Simple Past or Past Continuous?

• Moira struggledstrugglewas strugglingstruggling to get the tomato ketchup out of the bottle. As she tiredwas trieingwas tryingtried,  the phone ringrangrungwas ringing and her 4 year old daughter, Mia, was answeringanswersansweranswered it saying, 'Sorry, mummy Moira can't come to the phone at the moment because she's hitting the bottle.'

• Chriswas drivingdriveddrovedrives his 4 year old, Betsy, to the beach one summer when a woman in a cabriolet in front stand upstanded upstands upstood up and wavedwaveswas wavingwaving. She was absolutely naked and as Chris recoveringwas recoveringrecoveredrecover  from the shock he hearedheardwas hearinghear  Betsy shout,' Look, daddy, that woman isn't wearing a seat belt.'

• Steve, age 6 years,getgotwas gettinghas got  lost in a sports complex. Seeing a ladies' locker room [changing facility] in front of him he dartsdartingwas dartingdarted in to ask for help. When he was spotted, the room burstburstedwas burstingwere bursting into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. Steve watchingwatcheswatchwatched  in amazement and thenaskedwas askinghas askedasks, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'

• A nursery school teacher observedobservingwas observingwere observing her classroom of children while they was drawingwere drawingdrawdrew  Christmas scenes. She  occasionally walkedwas walkwalkingwalk  around to see each child's work. As she getwas gettinghas gotgot to little Sarah who workedwas workwas workingwas worked diligently, she asked what the drawing was. Sarah replyedrepliedwas repliedwas replyed, 'I'm drawing God.' The teacher pausedpastpausepassed and sayedsaidwas saidsad, 'But no one knows what God looks like.' Sarah replied, 'They will in a minute'.