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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...
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...
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...
An Unwelcome Honor | 宁可不要的荣耀
A doctor tells Mr. Johnson the "good news" is that an incurable disease will be named after him, ...
Paddy | 帕蒂
A boy mourns his dog Paddy after a misunderstanding. His mother gently told him of Paddy's death,...
Three Days to Live | 只能再活三天
A professor asks students what they would do with their last three days. While most give personal...
As If Awakening From a Dream | 如梦初醒
A man's demand for more brandy during an anti-alcohol speech ironically highlights the very addic...
I've Been Trying for Years | 我已尝试多年
A man asks the police to let him speak to the burglar, not to press charges, but to learn the sec...
Two Tickets, Please | 请给两张票
A young man's attempt to buy movie tickets for a date takes an unexpected turn when the show is s...
Knife and Drum | 刀与鼓
A humorous dialogue where a mother suspects the neighbors dislike her son's new drum, as they gav...
I Wasn't Asleep | 我没有睡着
A man on a crowded bus pretends to be asleep to avoid seeing women standing, revealing his discom...
Keep the Change | 零钱不用找了
At a church bazaar, the seller argues with a customer over the price of a poetry book. After relu...
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...
The Stubborn Horse | 倔强的马
A novelist recovering from madness presents his psychiatrist with a 500-page manuscript consistin...
Fill It with Water! | 注满水！
A genie grants three wishes to Osama Bin Laden, a Canadian, and President Bush. The Canadian wish...
Simple Estimation | 简单估算
A housewife asks her husband how to estimate living costs, and he humorously suggests simply addi...