This is a joke I got in Spanish the other day that I thought was funny and translated to English. Firstoff, it's a dirty joke so, if you're offended by such things or have young kids around who can ready, tell them to go count grains of rice in the kitchen or something.

Humor is a wonderful way to learn a language and probably one of the most difficult things to master. Personally, I love to practice with jokes. So...here goes... Spanish Version first, then in English:

Un ni�ito entra en el cuarto de sus padres y se encuentra a su mama sentada encima del pap�, sube y baja, saltando y brincando. Al darse cuenta de que el ni�o estaba presente, la madre se desmonta r�pidamente. El ni�o, sin comprender el espect�culo, se marcha. Preocupada por lo que ha visto el ni�o la madre se viste y va en su busca.

Al verla, el ni�o le pregunta: "�que hac�an tu y pap� en la cama?"

La mama le contesta: "Tu sabes que tu papa tiene una barriga muy grande y a veces yo tengo que sentarme encima de ella para aplanarla."

"Estas perdiendo tu tiempo" - responde el ni�o.

"�Porque?" - dice la madre.

"Porque cuando tu te vas de compras la vecina viene, se arrodilla frente a papa y la vuelve a inflar....!!"

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A young boy enters his parents' bedroom and there he sees his mother sitting on top of his father going up and down, jumping and moving all over the place. Once his mother realizes that the boy is there, watching them, she quickly stops what she's doing. The boy, not understanding what's just happened, leaves. The mother, worried about what the child has just seen, gets dressed and goes looking for him.

When she finds him, he asks his mother, 'What were you and daddy doing in the bed?'

His mother responds, 'you know how daddy has a big tummy, right? Well, sometimes I have to sit on top of him to try and help him flatten it out.'

'You're wasting your time,' says the boy.

'Why's that?' asks his mother.

'Because when you go shopping, the neighbor comes over, gets down on her knees and blows him up again!'

Ha ha ha! I like that one.

Good one tony, in fact that is one of those jokes that I have heard in many languages, it translates perfectly.

Don't ya just love linguistics

Saludos, jer...