A judge asked our group of potential jurors whether anyone should be excused, and one man raised his hand. I cant hear out of my left ear, the man told the judge. Can you hear out of your right ear? the judge asked. The man nodded his head....

Once I received a thank-you note from a friend whom I had helped. In the envelope were five lottery tickets that had been scratched, revealing the numbers. Thank you very much for your help, the note read. As a gift, I bought you some lotte...

After friends of mine landed at busy Newwark Airport, they were unable to attract the attention of any porters to help with their luggage. In desperation, the husband took out a five-dollar bill and waved it above the crowd. In an instant,...

What a big deal A young businessman had just started his business, and rented a beautiful office. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to appear busy, the businessman picked up the phone and pretended that he had...

Three pastors in the south were having lunch in a diner. One said, You know, since summer started Ive been having trouble with bats in my loft（阁楼） and attic at church. Ive tried everything----noise, spray, cats----nothing seems to s...

An Absent Minded ProfessorA notoriously absentminded professor was one day observed walking along the street with one foot continually in the gutter，the other on the pavement． A pupil meeting him said： Good evening，professor．How a...

George comes from school on the first of September.George, how did you like your new teacher? asked his mother.I didnt like her, Mother, because she said that three and three were six and then she said that two and four were six too..... 9月...

The Astronaut Pen During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable rese...

We have a skunk in the basement, shrieked the caller to the police dispatcher. How can we get it out? Take some bread crumbs, said the dispatcher, and put down a trail from the basement out to the back yard. Then leave the cellar door open....

Workman：Mr．Brown，I should like to ask for a smallrise in my wages． I have just been married． Employer：Very sorry，my dear man， but I cant helpyou． For accidents which happen to our workmen outside thefactory we are not resp...