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1289 篇An Unwelcome Hint | 弄巧成拙
A visitor overstays his welcome. When his host hints that his family must miss him, the visitor m...
32 阅读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...
30 阅读Auto Parts Inquiry | 汽车配件问询
A truck driver seeking auto parts is ironically directed to a ravine below a dangerous curve by a...
36 阅读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...
25 阅读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...
33 阅读Physics Saves Lives | 物理救人
A pre-med student questions the relevance of a difficult physics class. The professor first answe...
30 阅读To Be on the Safe Side | 为求稳妥
A man in a cinema steps on someone's foot when leaving his row. Upon returning, he asks the perso...
30 阅读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...
29 阅读Knife and Drum | 刀与鼓
A humorous dialogue where a mother suspects the neighbors dislike her son's new drum, as they gav...
43 阅读The Cost of Marriage | 婚姻的成本
A boy asks his father about the cost of marriage, and the father humorously replies that he is st...
23 阅读A Warning Visit | 提醒式探访
A mother's advance warning of a visit to her college freshman son leads to a humorous exchange ab...
30 阅读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...
31 阅读Asking for a Raise | 要求加薪
The narrator and their manager test a new sound-effects package behind closed doors, listening to...
29 阅读Fill It with Water! | 注满水！
A genie grants three wishes to Osama Bin Laden, a Canadian, and President Bush. The Canadian wish...
21 阅读The Gambler's Loss | 赌徒的损失
A gambler humorously explains his loss of a $1000 bill by claiming it "gave birth" to two $10 bil...
49 阅读Simple Estimation | 简单估算
A housewife asks her husband how to estimate living costs, and he humorously suggests simply addi...
35 阅读A Clever Excuse | 巧妙的借口
A man caught parking in a handicapped spot gives a surprisingly logical, yet absurd, excuse to a ...
26 阅读Competition | 竞赛
A humorous dialogue where Jon reveals he won a gold watch in a race involving only three particip...
35 阅读Secret for a Long Life | 长寿秘诀
A woman asks a seemingly elderly man on his porch for his secret to a long, happy life. His shock...
42 阅读I Could Do It Slower | 我可以干得慢一些
A patient questions a dentist's high fee for a quick tooth extraction, to which the dentist humor...
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