A STORY ...making fun of phobias.

“ Doctor, I Need Help! “

A Funny Phobia Story

'Doctor O'Hara,' Roger pleaded, 'I've got trouble.

Every time I get into bed, I think there's somebody under it. I get under the bed, I think there's somebody on top of it. Top, under, top, under. You gotta help me, I'm going crazy.'

'Just put yourself in my hands for two years,'

said Dr. O'Hara, the psychiatrist, 'Come and see me

three times a week, and I'll cure your fears.'

'How much do you charge?'

'A hundred dollars per visit.'

'In that case, I'll sleep on it,' answered Roger.

Six months later the doctor met Roger on the street.

'Why didn't you ever come to see me again?'

 asked the psychiatrist.

'For a hundred buck's a visit?  

A bartender cured me for ten dollars,' smiled Roger.

'Is that so!  How?'

'He told me to cut the legs off my bed …’

 .'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words.

And is there a word for thefear of English!!?  ;)

Have a good laugh!

Suzanne

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ... AND CHOCOLATE !!!

WHY IT’S MY MOTHER'S FAULT 

THAT I HAVE TO HAVE SOME CHOCOLATE 

EVERY DAY !!!

Do you remember waiting for the  Easter Holidays which marked the end of Lent, that awful and terrible time of the year when you, as a child, had to give up all that was sugar and candy or those wonderful delicious desserts?

Do you remember that time of the year, in March or April, and counting down the days, 10 - 9 - 8 - ... and waiting for the treats that were somewhere hidden in a closet and would make their appearance on Easter Sunday. YAY!!! 

They mostly came in the shape of eggs or animals.   

Chocolate Easter eggs that came in all sizes. 

Personally I do recall the Laura Secord egg that I would get. It was covered in chocolate and inside it was white and quite sweet with a yellow center, just like the ‘real’ thing. Remember ...? 

Then there were the chocolate animals. My father who was a travelling salesman, would meet up with another traveller, a representative of a chocolate ‘company', and would offer us the biggest chocolate animals. They were HUGE!!! Nearly as tall as we were! A rooster, for my sister and a bunny rabbit for me.

Now to the conclusion of this anecdote that will explain the title of this post. My mother, who was sooooo reasonable, would break off a piece of the 'animal': the ears, the nose, a paw and so on ...,  EVERY DAY following Easter. She would give it to us to ‘feast’ upon. The darn thing would last untill June!!! And that's the reason why, TODAY, I still have to get my chocolate treat EVERY DAY!!!

BRAVO for EASTER eggs and the bunny rabbit !!!

Have a fun time with all your families and the little ones 

and remember to let them eat all the chocolate 

they can eat for ONE DAY of the year!!

YUM! YUM!

SUZANNE

This year's winter session is over!

Winter session 2011 is over!

Boy!
Oh! Boy! Oh! Boy! Oh! Boy!

It has been quite a session!

Had its ups and downs 

Had its controversies

Had its challenges 

And had a great, great time as usual!!!

Well ... You have graduated

and hope you are all very proud
of your commitment and
your hard work and
now of your 'diplomas'.

Again another great session.

I really enjoyed meeting new faces

and was so pleased to see some familiar ones.

I'm so happy that you keep coming back and

I'm also very appreciative of you inviting

some of your friends to join us.

We are a happy group, aren't we!!!

I want to thank you for making this teaching experience as unique as you all are. Also for being as positive and as receptive as you could be. But most of all for your acceptance and encouragement of your 'fellow' and 'sister' classmates. The dynamics of all the groups are great and make everyone feel at ease to express themselves. This is such an important contribution from each and every one of you! 

BRAVO!

I also appreciate your very generous comments and 

your positive feed-back on the classes.

Remember that we are partners in this learning process

and I think WE do it really well!!

So here's to another break in your learning process.

Don't forget to use my blog for reading during this time.

I will be blogging at least once in a while,

surely once a week!

So although we will be out of sight till this fall,

I will be here for you in words!

Please keep in touch and

also please use this opportunity to write a line,

or two, or three ...

TO YOU ALL

Suzanne

Oh!!! Those 'darn' computers and the ones that 'use' them .

COMPUTER TECH PHONE CALLS

Here are actual calls to computer technical support reps.

WARNING ...

They are meant to be laughted at. 

Please don't take them personally,

because we have all been through some of these situations, right!

Remember those good old days and laugh!!!

The lesson 'derrière' these dialogues is 

to understand the language used.

The informal language with its contractions, 

expressions and idioms.

Customer: I'm trying to connect to the Internet with your CD, but it just doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

Tech support: OK, you've got the CD in the CD drive, right?

Customer: Yeah....

Tech support: And what sort of computer are you using?

Customer: Computer? Oh no, I haven't got a computer. It's in the CD player and all I get is weird noises. Listen.....

Tech support: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!

Tech support: What kind of computer do you have

Customer: A white one...

Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?

Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.

Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?

Customer: Five stars.

  

Customer: I have a huge problem. 

A friend has placed a screen saver on my computer, 

but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.

Tech support: How may I help you?

Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.

Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?

Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, 

                     but how do I get the circle around it?

So as the language used in a very popular advertisement 

a few years ago when it also became a slogan:

You've come a long way, Baby!!

                                       ;)  Suzanne