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Group Ice-Breaker Worksheet


A farmer once hired a Frenchman to help him castrate his sheep(removal of a sheeps testicles). As he worked, the Frenchman was about to throw out the castrated parts into a bin when he heard the farmer cry out: "No! Don't throw those parts out! My wife fries them for supper", explained the farmer. "They're called Sheep Fries and they're delicious."
For the next 3 days, the Frenchman ate nothing but Sheep Fries for supper. Than on the fourth day, the farmer asked his wife where the Frenchman was. "It's a funny thing" replied his wife. "He came in and asked me what was for supper, and I replied French Fries, and the next thing I knew he ran bolted straight out the door".


A college student took up a job as a pizza delivery boy. After making his first deliverying, a customer asked him what his usual tip was.
The boy replied, "Will, the other guys say that if I get a quarter, I'll be doing okey!"
"Is that right!" replied the customer, "well here's $5.00 to prove to you how wrong they are!"
"Thanks Mister!" replied the boy. "This is going straight towards my school funds".
"What are you studying at school?" asked the customer.
The boy smiled and replied: "Applied Psychology."


A man who lived all of his life in the desert went to the city to visit his friend. He was walking along a railway track, when he heard a whistle blowing. He stoped and looked around, but he didn't see the train that was coming from behind him, and continued along the tracks. Suddenly, the train came rushing behind him and knocked him off the tracks. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and several months later recovered from the ordeal. One day, at his friends house, he hears the whistle of the tea kettle. He quickly grabs a baseball bat, rushes into the kitchen and smashes the tea kettle until it becomes an unrecognizable lump of metal.
His friend rushes in behind him and asks: "What on earth have you done to my tea kettle?"
The man replies: "Man, don't you know these things are dangerous? You gotta kill them while they're little!"


While shopping in a large supermarket, a man loses his wife. He decides to approach a beautiful woman and asks: "Miss can I speak to you for a couple of minutes."
"Why?", replied the woman.
"Well, everytime I speak to a beautiful woman, my wife seems to appear out of nowhere".


A married couple is having their dinner at a restaurant when a drunk staggers by.
The husband notices that his wife is staring at the man and asks her: "I notice that you've been staring at that man for quite some time, do you know him?".
"Yes" replied the wife, "He's my ex-husband, and he's been drinking like that since I left him 15 years ago".
"Amazing!" said the husband, "I've never known anybody to celebrate that long!"


Two psychiatrists where out for a drink, when the first psychiatrist asks his friend: "What was the most difficult case you've ever dealt with?"
The other replied: "I had a patient whom I treated as living a life of fantasy. He told me that he was going to receive a letter from his uncle, who would leave him a fortune after his death. He did nothing all day, he just waited for the letter to arrive."
"So how long did it take to cure him" asked the first psychiatrist.
"It took me over 8 years", replied the second psychiatrist, "than that stupid letter arrived!"


A man is worried about his health and visits his doctor to get his health checked. The man asked: "Doctor! If I give up on my drinking, womanizing and gambling, will I be able to live longer?"
"Not really" replied the doctor, "you life will just feel longer."


A patient walks into the doctors office's and says: "Doctor, I have this funny feeling that people are trying to avoid me!"
Doctor: "Next!"


A doctor is waiting for his car to be repaired. After seeing his bill, the doctor compains about how expensive his bill is to the motor mechanic: "Your maintenance fee is higher than what I usually bill my patients for medical care!"
"Well Doc!" replied the mechanic, "You've been treating the same model since the time of Adam and Eve. But we have to be able to keep up with the latest new models." 


A fisherman who had been out fishing all day, hadn't caught a thing decides to buy fish from the seafood market. He picks out four bream and asks the shop attendant to them at him.
"But why do you want me to throw the fish at you?", asked the shop attendant.
"Because I want to tell my wife that I caught them", replied the fisherman.
"Oh in that case you better get the Tuna! Your wife came in this morning and told me to ask you to get the Tuna, because she prefers to have Tuna for supper."

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