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Midway Tactics | 中间战术
Three competing shop owners use aggressive sale signs, but the middle one cleverly uses a simple ...
Real Play | 逼真的戏剧
A theater professor shares a student's critique that praised a university play for being so reali...
Three Doctors at Heaven's Gate | 三位医生在天堂门口
Three doctors present their credentials to St. Peter at heaven's gate. The punchline humorously i...
The Pretentious Scholar | 自命不凡的学者
A pretentious scholar belittles a boatman for lacking academic knowledge, only to be confronted w...
An Unexpected Call | 意想不到的电话
Mrs. Brown calls her daughter to offer help during a stressful day, but a shocking revelation abo...
The Plural of "Child" | “孩子”的复数形式
A humorous classroom dialogue where a student gives a literal and unexpected answer to a grammar ...
The Smartest Kid | 最聪明的孩子
A barber tries to prove a boy is foolish by offering him a choice between a dollar and two quarte...
The Cost of a Tantrum | 哭闹的代价
A dentist explains to a mother that her son's tooth extraction costs $20 instead of the usual $4 ...
Who Do You Think You Are? | 你以为你是谁？
A man tries to board a crowded bus and is initially refused by passengers who ask him "Who do you...
What to Borrow? | 他到底想借什么
Mr. Johnson cleverly asks to borrow a tennis racket after confirming Mr. Smith will be using his ...
Half or Five Tenths? | 半个还是十分之五？
A teacher asks a student to choose between "half" and "five tenths" of an orange. The student hum...
An Essential Correction | 实质性的纠正
A teacher notices food on Walter's face and guesses he had eggs for breakfast, but Walter humorou...
Seeking His Fortune | 闯世界
A hopeful boy ventures to New York to seek fortune but later sends a desperate note to his father...
The Interview | 采访
A reporter arrives to interview a statesman, who instructs him to write the piece first and then ...
The Doctor Knows Better | 医生懂得多
A man injured in an accident insists he is alive, but his wife trusts the doctor's contrary diagn...
One Engine Left | 仅剩一具引擎
A humorous story about a 747 losing engines mid-flight, where a passenger misunderstands the cumu...
I Know Who God Is! | 我知道上帝是谁了！
A boy tries to understand God's nature by asking about gender, race, and sexuality. His mother gi...
The Elephant Sandwich | 大象三明治
A traveler insists he has nothing to declare at customs, but is caught with an elephant that has ...
Doctor's Orders | 医嘱
A humorous dialogue where Jack misunderstands the doctor's prescription to take medicine "in wate...
I Thought I Had Gone Deaf | 我还以为我聋了
A farmer, relieved to learn his wife fell out of the car, had mistaken her absence for his own de...