Goethe was once strolling on a narrow path in a park in Weimar. As luck would have it, he met with a critic who was hostile to him. Both of them stopp...
Two Russian hunters meet. I shot a gigantic bear yesterday, says Ivan. Look at the hide!How do you find such huge bears? Sergei asks.Easy, says Ivan. ...
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George Ⅲ asked the once wellknown wit, Horne Tooke,whether he could play cards.Your Majesty, replied Tooke, I am a mere childwhere cards are concerned...
A well dressed young man demanded as soon as he entered the restaurant:"Serve me, quick! Give me your best. I don't care the price."Not ...
The great painter was asked, one day to paint a picture of Pharaoh crossing the Red Sea. A little while after the picture had been commenced, a hitch（...
While shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalese on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzled, thoug...
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 as if we'll be getting...
Larry and Harry drove 500 miles to go fishing. They paid a huge sum to rent a cabin, a similar about to rent a boat. They fished for three days and ca...
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 turned to him a...