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 c...
One day a man was taunting Alexandre Dumas，the greatFrench novelist，with his ancestry． Why，” snarled the fellow，you are a quadroon；yourfather wa...
The English author，Richard Savage，was once living inLondon in great poverty．In order to earn a little money he hadwritten the story of his life，but no...
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...
At the cleaner's, I noticed the sign "In by 10 a. m. , out by 5 p. m. " so I told the owner that I wanted to pick my clothing up at five...
A preacher was asked to give a talk at a local women's health symposium. His wife asked about his topic, but he was too embarrassed to admit that ...
At the supermarket I noticed an elderly man who seemed to be following me wherever I went. As I moved to each aisle, there he was, smiling at me. Now ...
I had fallen and dislocated my elbow, which made writing checks for my small business nearly impossible. I called my bank to explain that the signatur...
One stupid guy reads an ad about a vacation cruise that costs only $ 100.After he signs up and pays, the travel agent hits him with a bat, knocks him ...
While eating in a restaurant, I reprimanded my four-year-old son for speaking with his mouth full . "Mump umn Kmpfhm," was all I heard."...