The master, to impress on his pupils the need of thinking before speaking, told them to count fifty before saying anything important, and one hundred if it was very important.
The next day he was speaking, standing with his back to the fire, when he noticed several lips moving rapidly. Suddenly the whole class shouted: "Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a hundred. Your coat is on fire, sir!"
A teacher tests a student with a simple arithmetic proble...
A boy humorously insists a pound of lead is heavier than ...
A man's comical slip on a banana peel attracts opportunis...
A simpleton named Hans repeatedly visits Grethel, receive...
A peddler's demonstration backfires when he breaks an ear...
A shop manager scolds an employee for arguing with a cust...
A teacher asks a girl what a fish net is made of, and she...
A student, asked to name civil rights after assigned read...
A parent makes an illegal turn while rushing their child ...
A psychology professor asks his new class who thinks they...
A preacher tries to shame a congregant who always sleeps ...
A girl diligently waters her garden flowers even during r...
A father tries to avoid his young daughter's direct quest...
A medical lecturer demonstrates the importance of precise...
A teacher asks students to distinguish between a swallow ...
A parent makes an illegal turn while rushing their child ...
A child reading aloud admits she doesn't know the book's ...
A gambler humorously explains his loss of a $1000 bill by...
Three doctors present their credentials to St. Peter at h...
A fable about fish in a moat who ignore a fire on the dis...