The Power of Advertising | 广告的效力
A car dealer shares an ironic anecdote about advertising: after offering a reward for his lost do...
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 ...
Feeling Unhappy | 心里难受
A son cleverly uses a moral question about not hurting the unhappy to preempt his father's anger ...
God's Child | 上帝的孩子
A child, told by his mother to say God is his father, gets confused when his teacher asks and con...
The Farting Contest | 放屁比赛
A boastful student is challenged by his teacher to a flatulence contest, leading to an unexpected...
Football Follies | 足球场外的荒唐事
A drunk man uses football terminology to describe his and his wife's flatulence, leading to an es...
How to Gain an Extra Vacation Day | 如何多休一天假
An employee, desperate for time off, pretends to be a light bulb by hanging upside-down to appear...
Trying for Years | 多年尝试
A man visits the police station not to press charges, but to learn the burglar's secret for enter...
The Wager | 赌约
An elderly man makes a provocative wager with a car dealer, challenging him to mimic intimate act...
Wit & Wisdom | 妙语箴言
A collection of witty and thought-provoking short sayings that blend humor with insight on life, ...
Fables in Phrases: Three Idioms from Aesop | 源自寓言的成语:三个伊索寓言典故
This article explains three common English idioms derived from Aesop's Fables: 'a dog in the mang...
The Wolf's Privacy | 狼的隐私
A humorous twist on the classic tale where Little Red Riding Hood repeatedly interrupts the Big B...
Like Father, Like Son | 有其父必有其子
A humorous dialogue where a father's immediate, defensive reaction to his son's question about th...
Stress Relief | 解压妙招
A manager suggests an intimate method to relieve stress to a stressed employee. Two weeks later, ...
Four Fingers | 四根手指
Two men in a bar's restroom share a humorous and self-deprecating observation about anatomy and p...
The Month Is Up | 一月之期
A man at a bar is miserable because his wife's month-long silent treatment is ending today, imply...
Randy the Rooster | 公鸡兰迪
A farmer buys an energetic rooster named Randy to service his hens. Ignoring advice to pace himse...
Money or Friends? | 金钱还是朋友?
A humorous dialogue explores the relative importance of money and friends, concluding that friend...
Don't Pay the Water Bill | 不交水费
A short dialogue where Sam humorously suggests not paying the water bill as a solution to stop wa...
Too Crowded | 车太挤
A humorous short dialogue where a bus driver, mistaken for a passenger, is told the bus is too fu...
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