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A Misunderstood Compliment | 被误解的赞美
A lawyer's crude remark about a model is humorously misinterpreted by his colleague as referring ...
Half the Council Are Crooks? | 市议会一半是骗子？
A newspaper editor, under legal pressure, retracted a bold claim that half the council were crook...
A Southern Slip | 南方口误
A Southern gentleman's request for a "piece of ass" in a bar is misinterpreted by a waitress as a...
Hung Like Jesus | 一则关于耶稣的双关笑话
A joke plays on the double meaning of "hung" in reference to Jesus' crucifixion and a slang term....
Farmer's Pun | 农夫的双关语
A pun based on the homophones "whine" and "wine", humorously suggesting a basement full of compla...
Fit for Tat | 以牙还牙
A story about Chinese diplomat Wu Tingfang's witty retort to a racially insensitive question from...
Drinking Codes | 饮酒暗号
Three women use abbreviated codes to order drinks at a bar, with the blonde's "Fifteen" (Seven an...
At the Corner | 在街角
A humorous anecdote about a stereotypically "blonde" person giving impossible directions. | 一则关于一...
Following the Tracks | 循迹而行
Three women stranded in a forest attempt hunting by following tracks. The first two succeed in fi...
Ladies at the Bar | 酒吧里的女士们
Three women use cryptic shorthand to order drinks at a bar, each requiring the bartender to decip...
Airport Left | 机场左转
A joke about a literal-minded blonde who misunderstands a directional sign for the airport as an ...
The Shell Sign | 壳牌广告牌
A man, after a car accident, woke up disoriented in front of a 'Shell' sign with someone blocking...
Settled with One Eye | 一眼看中
A girl confronts the matchmaker for not disclosing that the man has a false eye. The matchmaker d...
A Prayer for Hearing | 为听力祈祷
A man asks a preacher to pray for his "hearing," leading to a humorous misunderstanding due to th...
Hand Off | 请勿触摸
A child at a museum literally interprets a "Hand off" sign on the Venus de Milo statue, humorousl...
When Was Rome Built? | 罗马何时建成？
A student humorously misunderstands the idiom "Rome wasn't built in a day," interpreting it liter...
Pretty or Ugly? | 漂亮还是丑陋？
A mother asks her son if she is pretty or ugly. He gives a clever, double-meaning answer that hum...
Trying to Stop It | 我要把它堵在里面
A boy literally interprets his teacher's idiom about not listening, stuffing cotton in his ear to...