Teclasap, Joke... The offering plate

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Mark G. Nash e Willians Ramos Ferreira

The offering plate

O vocalista Peter Tägtgren da banda Hypocrisy.

A man went to church one day and afterward he stopped toshake the preacher’s hand. He said, ‘Preacher, I’ll tell you, that was a damned fine sermon. Damned good!’

The preacher said, ‘Thank you sir, but I’d rather you didn’t use profanity.’

The man said, ‘I was so damned impressed with that sermon that I put five thousand dollars in the offering plate!’

The preacher said, ‘No shit?‘

Cf. O que “DAMN” quer dizer?Cf. Mais Piadas em Inglês

• the offering plate > a sacolinha (onde se coloca doações em dinheiro)
• afterward > depois
  
• shake the preacher’s hand > cumprimentar o pastor
• I’ll tell you… > cá entre nós
• that was a damned fine sermon > aquela pregação sua foi boa pra cacete
• I’d rather you didn’t use profanity > eu preferiria que o senhor não usasse palavras profanas
• impressed > encantado
• No shit? > Puta que pariu!

Referência: “Sorria, você está praticando inglês!“, de Mark G. Nash e Willians Ramos Ferreira, Disal Editora, 2010. Leia a sinopse.