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A Broken Mirror's Blessing | 碎镜之福
A 98-year-old man joyfully explains that breaking a mirror, an omen of seven years' bad luck, is ...
Who's Minding the Shop? | 谁在照看店铺？
A dying grocer, with his entire family gathered at his bedside, becomes anxious upon confirming e...
Secret for a Long Life | 长寿秘诀
A woman asks a seemingly elderly man on a porch for his secret to a long, happy life. His shockin...
Motivation | 动机
A professor's philosophical inquiry about motivation receives a humorously practical answer from ...
Are You Normal? | 你是正常人吗？
A visitor at a mental asylum learns the director's unconventional test for normality, which revea...
The Reason | 他的理由
A young writer, after having his novel rejected, cleverly points out that the editor could keep t...
Back Up Two Miles | 退后两英里
A farmer uses clever wording to make a hurried motorist reverse for two miles on a narrow road, r...
Half Price Fortune | 半价财富
A humorous dialogue where Jack claims his daughter's music lessons are a fortune because they all...
A Nail or a Fly? | 钉子还是苍蝇？
A near-sighted man mistakes a fly for a nail, causing his wine bottles to break. A helpful waitre...
Make Your Fortune | 如何创造财富
A witty dialogue reveals a clever partnership where experience and capital are exchanged, ultimat...
He Walks Everywhere He Goes | 耶稣从不开车
A son asks to use the family car after meeting most of his father's conditions, but is denied bec...
The Bread and Butter Charge | 面包与黄油账单
A lawyer, charged for unrequested bread and butter at a restaurant, responds by sending the resta...
The Brave Pig | 勇敢的猪
A boy discovers a three-legged pig with a wooden leg on a farm visit. The farmer praises the pig ...
The Unaccepted Advice | 未被采纳的建议
An old man refuses to pay a doctor for his advice because he does not intend to follow it. | 一位老人...
Father and Son | 父与子
A son questions his father about a cultural practice in Africa, only to receive a witty and unive...
The Traffic Fine Receipt | 交通罚单收据
A motorist grumbles about a traffic fine receipt, and a clerk humorously suggests that four such ...
Mother's Revenge | 妈妈的报复
A recruit complains to his mother about the strict, detail-oriented discipline of Air Force basic...
Creative Job Application | 创造性的求职
A job applicant creatively frames three years spent repeating a computer programming course as de...
The Doctor Lives Downstairs | 医生住在楼下
A woman bursts in demanding a frank diagnosis from a "doctor," who reveals he is actually an arti...
A Life for a Life | 以“命”抵命
Impoverished author Richard Savage, unable to pay his doctor's bill after recovering from illness...