trouble with the car
Ret's ESL Jokes
Wife: “There’s trouble with the car. It has water in the carburettor.”
Husband: “Water in the carburettor? That’s ridiculous.”
Wife: “I tell you the car has water in the carburettor.”
Husband: “You don’t even know what a carburettor is. I’ll check it out. Where’s the car?”
Wife: “In the pool.”
Vocabulary
Carburettor: a device in a petrol engine that mixes air and fuel.
Check it out: to examine or investigate something.
The mechanic inspected the carburettor.
He said he would check it out immediately.
Grammar Focus
The joke mainly uses present simple for statements and future forms for spontaneous decisions.
Present simple: It has water in the carburettor.
Will for instant decision: I will check it out.
Synonyms & Alternatives
Ridiculous: absurd, preposterous.
Check it out: look into it, examine it.
Mini Dialogue
Edward: There’s something wrong with the boiler.
Clara: You don’t even know how it works.
Edward: Fine. I’ll check it out now.
Clara: It’s flooded the kitchen.