intermediate
868 篇Wood Fire | 森林之火
A woman humorously compares husbands to wood fires that die out if ignored, prompting her friend ...
47 阅读Getting On The Bus | 上车记
A woman in a tight skirt repeatedly fails to board a bus and unknowingly unzips a stranger's pant...
33 阅读The Origin of Unrest | 不安的起源
A humorous and philosophical take on the biblical creation story, suggesting that the creation of...
29 阅读The Escapee | 越狱者
A 15-year escaped prisoner breaks into a couple's home. While he's in the bathroom, the terrified...
34 阅读A Shrewd Guess | 准确的猜测
A census taker cleverly prompts a reluctant woman to reveal her true age by intentionally overest...
19 阅读A Perfect Solution | 完美的解决方案
A gentleman in a train compartment proposes a morbidly humorous "solution" to end two ladies' qua...
27 阅读Meet My Mistress | 我的情人
A wife threatens divorce upon discovering her husband's mistress, but reconsiders when reminded o...
26 阅读The $500 Deal | 五百美元的交易
A man discovers a secret under the card table and is offered a $500 deal by his friend's wife. Af...
27 阅读Impudent Questions | 无礼的问题
A poor girl's innocent imitation of "ladylike" behavior—asking personal questions about drinking,...
28 阅读The Million-Dollar Question | 百万美元的问题
A contestant on a game show uses her final lifeline to call a friend for help with a million-doll...
21 阅读True or False | 真心还是假意
A young businessman tests his girlfriend's loyalty by asking if she would marry him if he went ba...
31 阅读Perfect Match | 绝配
An eccentric matron demands her bedroom walls match her antique vase. A painter succeeds by paint...
36 阅读The Airport | 飞机场
A flight attendant's airplane pendant necklace prompts a witty remark about the "airport" being m...
29 阅读One Point | 一分之差
A freshman observes the year-marked basketballs in decades of team photos and mistakenly interpre...
30 阅读Only One Instance | 唯一的实例
Henry Beecher wittily responds to an insulting letter containing only the word "Fool" by humorous...
29 阅读When to Stop? | 何时停下？
An 85-year-old man complains to his doctor about severe exhaustion after climbing each floor to h...
29 阅读The Photo in My Pocket | 口袋里的照片
A man uses his wife's photo as a humorous gauge for his sobriety, telling the bartender he'll hea...
25 阅读The Tightwad's Bargain | 吝啬鬼的交易
A stingy millionaire bargains for a cheap sightseeing flight with his wife, agreeing to stay sile...
26 阅读The Personals | 征婚启事
A post-war newspaper personal ad humorously reveals the era's desperation, where a man seeks matr...
21 阅读Never Learned to Spend | 没学会花钱
A frugal elderly woman, when told her savings would last until age 100, worried about what would ...
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