A big battle was going on during the First World War．Guns were firing， and shells and bullets were flying about everywhere．After an hour of this， one ...
A store manager heard a clerk tell a customer．No，ma’am， we haven't had any for a while， and it doesn't look asif we'll be getting so...
In some Government offices the clerks， upon arrival in themorning， have to sign their names in anattendance book”．This book provides space for s...
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 can't h...
The owner of a large department store went over hisbooks and discovered that his most trusted employee had stolenover a million dollars from the firm．...
A poor man， presenting himself before the King of Spain，asked his charity， telling him that he was his brother． Theking desiring to know how he claime...
Seth Smith was reckoned the laziest man in town． Sotired had the authorities become of contributing to his supportthat they decided to consign him to ...
W．B．Yeats King Guaire walked amid his court The palaceyard and riverside And there to three old beggars said， You that have wandered far and wide Can ...
On one occasion when Mark Twain arrived in London from New York，the Star thought the fact worth recording onits evening placard．But there was another ...
Sir William Thompson was very deaf but he did not like people to know this． One evening he had invited several friendsto dinner， and while they were s...