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A Lesson in Manners | 礼貌一课
Jack learns to prolong his bow by counting the months, but his excessive politeness leads to a hu...
The Oak Tree | 橡树
Two holidaymakers in an orchard are puzzled by a fruitless tree and offer a boy money for an expl...
Twenty-Four Hours | 二十四小时
A patient is told he has only 24 hours to live, only to discover the doctor has been trying to de...
A Whole Hour | 整整一小时
Mr. Brown arrives late for work, battered and bruised, claiming he fell from a ten-story window. ...
The Hat | 帽子
Mr. Jones throws his bag out of the train window after his hat blows away, explaining that someon...
The All-Purpose Dissolvent | 万能溶剂
A young man tells Edison of his plan to invent a solvent that dissolves everything, to which Edis...
We Close at Nine | 九点关门
An impatient diner complains about slow service, to which the waitress humorously replies that th...
Something Is Wrong with Your Cars | 你的车不对劲
A young man's dream of joining the army is shattered by an accident, but he overcomes adversity t...
Heaven or Hell? | 天堂还是地狱？
Bill Gates gets to choose between Heaven and Hell after death. Lured by a deceptive demo version ...
The Kangaroo's Escape | 袋鼠的逃脱
A zoo repeatedly increases the height of a kangaroo's enclosure to prevent its escape, only to fi...
The Poisoned Drink | 毒酒
A man at a bar, having suffered a series of catastrophic misfortunes, is preparing to drink poiso...
Do You Know Your Monkey? | 你认识你的猴子吗？
A man's beer is stolen by a monkey in a bar. When he complains to the monkey's owner, the piano p...
A Request to the Bank | 如是请求
The author, with a dislocated elbow, called the bank to request acceptance of oddly-signed checks...
A Great Man | 一名伟人
A teacher asks if Shakespeare would be considered great if alive today; the student humorously af...
The 22 MPH Confusion | 22英里的误会
A police officer stops a car for driving too slowly at 22 MPH, only to discover the elderly drive...
Too Late | 为时已晚
A medical student gives an incorrect drug dosage and asks to correct it a minute later, but the p...
I'm a Chicken | 我是一只鸡
A patient humorously claims to have identified as a chicken since being an egg, presenting a clas...
A Chihuahua in a Bar | 酒吧里的吉娃娃
A woman's Chihuahua becomes the unfortunate target of a drunk man's vomit in a bar, leading to th...
Fit for Tat | 以牙还牙
A story about Chinese diplomat Wu Tingfang's witty retort to a racially insensitive question from...
When Time Talks | 时间会说话
A drunk man demonstrates his "talking clock"—a brass gong—by loudly striking it in the middle of ...