مقالب فكاهية

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Today Rasha and Cath talk about practical jokes.

100 pupils were sent home from school recently after an end of term prank.

They turned one of the rooms in their school into a field by turfing it over. The school said it was "very disappointed" with their behaviour.

Someone also played a practical joke on a village, through the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

The entry for Denshaw, a village in the north of England, was changed to include some strange things.

It said the village only had four hours of sunshine a day, that the sport of sheep hurling was very popular and that the villagers only had four toes on each foot.

Is it true? Or is the writer just pulling our leg?

Finally, two fireman recently played a practical joke on a new recruit. They pretended to be senior officers and gave him a spoof interview.

Their bosses didn't see the funny side and they were sacked, but then they got their jobs back.

Have you ever played a practical joke on someone? Or have you ever had a practical joke played on you? Write to us in English!

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practical jokes
مقالب فكاهية

prank
مزحه / فكاهة

turfing it over
غطوها بالعشب

Wikipedia
اسم موسوعة عامة يمكن الإطلاع عليها عبر الإنترنت

sheep hurling
رمى الغنم

pulling our leg
الإيقاع بنا

a new recruit
موظف حديث

a spoof interview
مقابلة شخصية خداعية

didn't see the funny side
لم يروا الجانب الفكاهى

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