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432 篇Class, Lass and Ass | 班级、姑娘与蠢驴
A student humorously alters a professor's notice from "meet the class" to "meet the lass"; the pr...
31 阅读My Little Dog Can't Read | 我的狗不识字
Mrs. Brown laments losing her dog, and when Mrs. Smith suggests placing a newspaper ad, Mrs. Brow...
36 阅读The Absent-Minded Mark Twain | 心不在焉的马克・吐温
A humorous anecdote about Mark Twain's forgetfulness, where he searches for his train ticket not ...
30 阅读The Smart Housewife | 精明的家庭主妇
A housewife misunderstands efficiency, thinking two efficient stoves would eliminate coal use ent...
32 阅读Goethe's Tolerance | 歌德的容忍
Goethe deftly defused a confrontation with a hostile critic by politely yielding the right of way...
28 阅读Safe and Sound | 安然无恙
A hunter returns from a trip carrying a deer but not his fainted partner, reasoning that the man ...
24 阅读Proof of Identity | 身份证明
A man uses a photo of himself as proof of identity to claim a registered letter from a skeptical ...
34 阅读Bubba is Dead | 巴伯死了
A hunter misunderstands a 911 operator's instruction to "make sure" his unconscious friend is dea...
34 阅读Room and Board | 食宿
A weary salesman shares a bed with a farmer's daughter for the night, only to discover a chilling...
34 阅读No Problem | 没问题
A bald man offers a stylist $5,000 to replicate his hairstyle painlessly. The stylist's clever so...
37 阅读The Goats on the Bridge | 桥上的山羊
A humorous anecdote from a Taiwanese university entrance exam where a clever student, given a sto...
31 阅读The Stethoscope Trick | 听诊器妙计
A young doctor learns a clever observation trick from his senior colleague during house calls, on...
27 阅读The 69 Joke | 六十九的误会
A man misunderstands the suggestion of "69" and is driven away by an unexpected bodily function, ...
30 阅读A Driving Debacle | 驾驶闹剧
A man is pulled over and awarded for safe driving, but his and his passengers' revealing comments...
27 阅读The Policeman and the Monkey | 警察与猴子
A policeman misunderstands his boss's order to take a stray monkey to the zoo, instead treating i...
31 阅读They're All Drowned | 他们全都淹死了
Painter Hogarth, after a fee dispute, delivers a commissioned painting of the Red Sea crossing as...
31 阅读A Dollar Per Point | 一分一美元
A student attached $100 to his exam, offering "a dollar per point." The professor graded it and r...
32 阅读The Businessman's Solution | 商人的解决方案
A family buys a large watchdog that fails to alert them during a burglary. The dealer humorously ...
36 阅读Don't Listen to Him | 别听他的
A son's dating life hits a snag when his father reveals his girlfriends are actually his half-sis...
34 阅读Dear Redneck Son | 致乡下儿子的信
A mother writes a hilariously illogical letter to her son, detailing absurd family news and misha...
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