Abstract noun
The English teacher Mrs. Brown was teaching nouns on a Wednesday morning. She said to her class, “An abstract noun is something you can think of, but you can’t touch it.
Who can give give me an example of one?”
“I can,” said Sam, a teenager. “My father’s new car.”
Don’t touch
Sam was a 4-year-old who loved candy as much as his mom did. Sam’s dad gave Sam’s mom a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day. The box was heart-shaped and filled with tons of various chocolates. After a few days had passed, Sam went to the box and reached out to touch one of the pieces of chocolate. Sam’s mom said, “Now Sam, you know that if you touch it you have to eat it.”
Sam then reached out and tenderly patted the top of every piece of candy with his little hand. He then turned to his mother and said, “Well, now I guess I have to eat them all.”
How old?
An employer was taking interview of a prospective candidate.
Employer: “Have you ever worked anywhere else?”
Candidate: “Yes, sir.”
Employer: “For how long?”
Candidate: “Twenty years.”
Employer: “And how old are you?”
Candidate: “Twenty five years, sir.”
Employer: “How is it possible that you are all of twenty five and you have worked for twenty years?”
Candidate: “I was taking overtime into consideration, sir.”
