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A Driving Debacle | 驾驶闹剧
A man is pulled over and awarded for safe driving, but his and his passengers' revealing comments...
The Policeman and the Monkey | 警察与猴子
A policeman misunderstands his boss's order to take a stray monkey to the zoo, instead treating i...
They're All Drowned | 他们全都淹死了
Painter Hogarth, after a fee dispute, delivers a commissioned painting of the Red Sea crossing as...
A Dollar Per Point | 一分一美元
A student attached $100 to his exam, offering "a dollar per point." The professor graded it and r...
The Bilingual Faucet | 双语水龙头
A customer in Montreal is scalded by a tap marked 'C', assuming it means 'cold'. The manager expl...
Biblical Signs | 圣经的征兆
George W. Bush repeatedly tries to get Moses's attention in an airport, only to receive a cold sh...
The Tie and Water | 领带与水
A dying man in the desert is offered a tie instead of water, only to later be denied entry to a h...
Psychology in Action | 心理学的妙用
A captain uses tailored psychological appeals based on national stereotypes to convince reluctant...
The Clever Sign | 巧妙的招牌
A shopkeeper outsmarts his price-slashing competitors by cleverly positioning his store as the ma...
What Did She Want? | 她要买什么
A store manager, horrified to hear a clerk tell a customer an item is out of stock, intervenes to...
What's Time to a Pig? | 时间对猪有何意义？
A city visitor questions a farmer's act of holding up a pig to eat apples, seeing it as inefficie...
How Many Children? | 人口普查员的困惑
A census taker is surprised to learn a woman has three sets of twins, but her humorous reply reve...
The Businessman's Solution | 商人的解决方案
A family buys a large watchdog that fails to alert them during a burglary. The dealer humorously ...
Don't Listen to Him | 别听他的
A son's dating life hits a snag when his father reveals his girlfriends are actually his half-sis...
Computer Redneck | 电脑红脖子
This humorous list uses stereotypical imagery of rural American "redneck" culture to describe a c...
Gallant Effort | 殷勤的失言
A shy young man attempts a gallant compliment at a dinner party but inadvertently insults his hos...
To The Nines | 九的执念
A man encounters the number nine repeatedly on 9/9/99 and takes it as a lucky omen, leading him t...
Dear Redneck Son | 致乡下儿子的信
A mother writes a hilariously illogical letter to her son, detailing absurd family news and misha...
Managerial Mishaps | 管理者的窘境
A stressed manager sent to a farm for rest impresses the farmer by quickly completing physically ...
Blind, Blond & Ballsy | 盲人、金发与胆量
A blind man considers telling a blond joke in a bar but cleverly backs out upon learning multiple...