The Two-Thousand-Dollar Fish | 价值两千美元的鱼
Two fishermen invest heavily in gear and endure a rough journey, only to catch a single fish, hum...
Canine Complex | 犬类情结
A man seeks help from a psychiatrist for his persistent hallucination of being a Pyrenees mountai...
Three Big Rednecks | 三个大块头红脖子
A man in a bar attempts to tell a redneck joke to a group of three large men who identify as redn...
Home Remedy | 家庭疗法
A man who lost his voice seeks a doctor's help. The doctor's unconventional "treatment" involves ...
The Nerd's Choice | 书呆子的选择
A nerd explains how he acquired a new bike after a woman offered him a choice between the bike an...
When Time Talks | 时间会说话
A drunk man demonstrates his "talking clock"—a brass gong—by loudly striking it in the middle of ...
Tales From the Seven Seas | 七海奇谈
A sailor inquires about a pirate's peg leg, hook, and eye patch. The pirate's dramatic tales of s...
The Imaginary Cat | 想象中的猫
Mrs. Brown brings an imaginary cat in a box to catch the imaginary mice from her dreams, humorous...
The Blonde's Ransom | 金发女郎的赎金
A down-on-her-luck blonde attempts a kidnapping for ransom, but the plan backfires with an ironic...
Blonde Painting | 金发女郎的“门廊”绘画
A blonde woman, hired to paint a porch for $50, finishes the job in 25 minutes, revealing a humor...
Pig or Witch | 猪与女巫
A man misunderstands a woman's warning as an insult and crashes into a pig, illustrating the cons...
The Indiscriminate Granting of Honorary Degrees | 论荣誉学位的滥授
Woodrow Wilson criticized the past lax standards in awarding honorary degrees, illustrating the a...
What Is a Traitor? | 何为叛徒？
A political joke reveals the subjective nature of loyalty and betrayal. A veteran politician defi...
Who Is He Waiting For? | 他在等谁
Two friends overhear a witty exchange in a café, where a man humorously contrasts his life's gran...
Heavy Luggage | 沉重的行李
A businessman jokes about hiding in his own oversized luggage after struggling to board with it, ...
Not to Be Taken Out | 概不外借
Mark Twain cleverly mirrored a neighbor's restrictive borrowing policy when the neighbor later wi...
Thirteen and Fourteen | 十三与十四
A curious man peeks into an asylum where residents are chanting "Thirteen!", only to get poked in...
Not Dead Yet | 我还没死
A man awakens from a coma to find his friends preparing his burial. He explains he knew he wasn't...
The Fourth Element | 第四元素
A teacher prompts a student to recall the fourth classical element by asking what they use to was...
The Winter Forecast | 冬日预言
A young chief, unfamiliar with traditional weather lore, repeatedly consults the National Weather...
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