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Constipated Kitty | 便秘的小猫
A vet prescribes a strong laxative for a constipated cat. When the owner returns, the vet mistake...
The Same Duties | 相同的职责
A retired general rehires his former orderly, promising identical duties. The orderly's literal i...
Pimp | 皮条客
A short joke playing on the double meaning of "pimp" and the imagery of a farmer with livestock. ...
From Alabama | 来自阿拉巴马
A new student excels academically, attributing his success to his Alabama roots per his father's ...
The Drunk Ice Fisherman | 醉汉冰钓
A drunk man ignores repeated warnings from a mysterious voice while trying to ice fish, only to d...
Making Love to a Ghost | 与幽灵共枕
A professor's survey on supernatural encounters takes an unexpected turn when a student misunders...
I Want Those Two Back | 我要那两人回来
Three colleagues find a magic lamp. The clerk and sales rep wish for lavish vacations, but the ma...
The Trained Parrot | 训练有素的鹦鹉
Three sons compete to give their blind mother the best gift: a mansion, a luxury car, and a Bible...
Salts | 泻盐
A pub-goer's cryptic statement about taking "salts" leads to a messy misunderstanding and a punny...
Speeding to Dry the Car | 超速行驶为吹干汽车
A New Zealand driver caught speeding at over 120kph in a 50kph zone claimed he was trying to blow...
Trying the Hat | 试帽子
A husband, asked to fetch a turnip "about the size of your head," is later found by a neighbor tr...
The Bathtub Test | 浴缸测试
A visitor learns the asylum's unconventional test for sanity, which reveals that overcomplicating...
Fantasy Island | 奇幻岛
A man stranded for a decade on an island is amazed when a mysterious woman arrives, producing fro...
The Cruise Deal | 巡航游交易
Two men fall for a cheap cruise ad, only to be knocked out and thrown into a river. While floatin...
Three Men in a Boat | 三人同舟
Three men on a bench pretend to fish, amusing a policeman who tells their friend to remove them; ...
Set It Free | 爱，就给它自由
A humorous twist on a classic saying about love and freedom. It suggests that if what you set fre...
Only Cash and Credit Cards | 只收现金和信用卡
A man misunderstands the motel clerk's question about "taking" children as a payment method inqui...
The Price of Deceit | 欺骗的代价
A dying farmer's final request for his wife to marry his neighbor reveals a clever plan for posth...
Five Months Older | 大五个月
During WWII, 16-year-old John谎报年龄参军，却被同一位军医识破，因为他刚为约翰声称同样18岁的哥哥做过体检。John情急之下说出了“我哥哥比我大五个月”的真相。 | ...
The Yellow Paper | 一张黄纸
A new tech support agent spends hours trying to solve a customer's printer issue where yellow won...