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A Backhanded Compliment | 一句“恭维”话
A boy defends his behavior to his angry mother by claiming he paid a girl a compliment at the dan...
Ever Catch All the Fish? | 你能抓到所有的鱼吗？
A speeding driver, caught despite being among many others, questions the fairness of his ticket. ...
Perseverance Is a Virtue | 坚持不懈是一种美德
Years after earning a graduate degree, the author returned to his alma mater as faculty. In a cro...
Seeking a Second Opinion | 求生
A dying patient, upon being asked by his doctor if he wishes to see anyone, requests to see anoth...
Divorce at 91 | 九十一岁离婚记
A 91-year-old couple seeks divorce, explaining to a perplexed judge that they were waiting for th...
Response Ability | 应答的智慧
Three anecdotes demonstrate witty and pragmatic responses to challenging questions, highlighting ...
The Customer Is Always Right | 顾客永远是对的
A shop manager scolds an employee for arguing with a customer, insisting "the customer is always ...
Thirty Years and Five Minutes | 三十年与五分钟
A wealthy banker questions the high fee for an artist's five-minute work, only to be reminded tha...
Not Our Own Food | 非己之食
Two boys cleverly circumvent a bar's rule against eating personal food by swapping lunches with e...
Sons' Gifts to Mother | 送给母亲的礼物
Three sons give their mother lavish gifts: a house, a car, and a Bible-reciting parrot. The mothe...
A New Start | 新生
Mark Twain protests a mistaken obituary, and the editor humorously offers to list him in the Birt...
The Painless Hair Solution | 无痛生发方案
A bald man offers a stylist $5,000 for a painless method to replicate her hair. Her ingenious and...
A Dog's Bad Habit | 狗狗的坏习惯
A professional animal trainer describes training her dog to stop pulling laundry off the line by ...
Do You Know My Work? | 你知道我是做什么的吗
A man boasts about stealing money during a hotel fire, only to panic when he learns the listener ...
A Letter of Recommendation | 一封推荐信
A fired employee requests a recommendation letter and receives one with a cleverly ambiguous fina...
A Smart Horse | 聪明的马
A farmer's horse fetches a doctor after an accident, but the humorous twist reveals it brought a ...
The Resurrected Rabbit | 死而复生的兔子
A man tries to cover up his dog's killing of a neighbor's rabbit by cleaning and returning the bo...
Adam's Choice | 亚当的选择
A classic joke about Adam and Eve, where Adam's humorous and resigned response to Eve's question ...
The Same Service | 同样的服务
A man complains to a marriage counselor that his wife and dog have swapped roles at home. The cou...
Three Surgeons | 三位外科医生
Three surgeons boast about their miraculous surgeries, each claiming to have restored a patient t...