Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in30 years, reunited at a party. After several drinks, one of the men had touse the rest room. Those who remained talked about their kids. The first guy said, "My son is mypride and joy. He started working at a successful company at the bottom of thebarrel. He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began toclimb the corporate ladder and now he's the president of the company. He became so rich that he gave his bestfriend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday." The second guy said, "Darn, that'sterrific! My son is also my pride and joy. He started working for a bigairline, and then went to flight school to become a pilot. Eventually he becamea partner in the company, where he owns the majority of its assets. He's so rich that he gave his best friend abrand new jet for his birthday." The third man said: "Well, that'sterrific! My son studied in the best universities and became an engineer. Thenhe started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He alsogave away something very nice and expensive to his best friend for hisbirthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion." The three friends congratulated each otherjust as the fourth returned from the restroom and asked: "What are all thecongratulations for?" One of the three said: "We weretalking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons. ...What aboutyour son?" The fourth man replied: "My son is gayand makes a living dancing as a stripper at a nightclub." The threefriends said: "What a shame...what a disappointment." The fourth man replied: "No, I'm notashamed. He's my son and I love him. And he hasn't done too bad either. His birthday was two weeks ago, and hereceived a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top ofthe line Mercedes from his three boyfriends!! Learning Part Very funny...... Reunite = Person's signature Pride = A sense of one's own value Ladder = Sharop hit with hand Terrific = Sudden amazement Stripper = Past tense of sink means slow godown into water/ submerge Shame = Ancestor / family member in the oldtime Disappointment = Feeling unhappy that theresult is not as expected. Ashamed = embarrassing feeling |