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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...
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 ...