A Great Man Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today? Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobody has ...
It's Not My Fault Mother (reprimanding her small daughter): You mustn't pull the cat's tail. Daughter: I'm only holding it, Mom. The c...
Gallant Effort At a dinner party a shy young man had been trying to think of something nice to say to his hostess. At last he saw his chance when she ...
An Abstract Noun Teacher: What's an abstract noun, Jane? Jane: I don't know, madam. Teacher: What, you don't know! Well. It's the name...
Marry Him Jane loved Tony , but she worried about all the money he squandered when they went out together. "How can I stop Tony spending so much ...
To be on the Safe SideIn a cinema during a performance one of the audience gets up, makes his way along the row of seats and goes out into the foyer. ...
Go Barefoot In secondary school, I was always self-conscious about my height. Once I was asked out by a life-guard. I had never really stood next to h...
Impudent Questions A little girl from the East Side was invited to a garden party given by a very aristocratic lady to a group of little East-Siders. ...
A Girl's Wish On the way home after watching a ballet performance, the kindergarten teacher asked her students what they thought of it. The smalle...
It depends Traveler: Can I catch the three o'clock train to Toronto? Ticket agent: That depends on how fast you can run. It left fifteen minutes a...