日期：2012-01-10 One day a bunch of naughty children wanted to make fun of him and said to him: There are birds' eggs on that tree. Will you get them for us please? We can't climb up. Loath to disappoint the children, he was ready to climb the tree. But knowing that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-11-09 One day a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around the country roads, see how the farms looked, and perhaps to see how farmers earned their living. The city man saw a farmer in his yard, holding a pig up in his hands, and lif... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-11-04 Theres a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there was a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280! Herman says, I know, Im on Ro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-11-04 While making a long, dull speech, a politician received a great deal of heckling（诘问） from the gallery. Secondly, someone threw a cabbage（卷心菜，脑袋） onto the stage. Ladies and gentlemen, said the politician , I see that one of my opponents h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-11-04 A man is walking by an insane asylum（精神病院） and hears all the residents chanting, Thirteen! Thirteen! Quite curious about all this, he finds a hole in the fence, looks in and someone pokes（刺，戳） him in the eye. Everyone in the asylum starts... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-28 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 stopped, staring at each other. Then the critic said, I'll never make way for a fool. But I will, with t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-20 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. You stand in front of a cave and whistle. When the bear comes out, you shoot. Weeks later the two... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-20 Help! Doctor! Please come quickly! My ten-year-old son has just swallowed a pen! Ok , I'll be right there. I'll be there in 10 to 20 minutes. Good,but....what am I supposed to do in the meantime? Just use another pen! 救命！医生！你赶快来！我那个十... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-02 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. I cannot even tell a King from a Knave. 乔治三世问一度大名鼎鼎的才子霍恩图克，会不会玩纸牌。 陛... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-02 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 like the way he talked, the waiter said to him: Hey Buddy, it doesn't matter you have a lot of money. You are sti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-14 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（故障） arose over the fee, and Hogarth found that he would have to complete the commission for abo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-14 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, though, so I called over a salesperson and asked, What does 'hybrid pulse D/A converter' mean? That mean... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-04 A store manager heard a clerk tell a customer. No, maam, we haven't had any for a while, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting soon. Horrified, the manager came runningover to the customer and said, Of course, we'll have somesoon, We placed an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-28 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 caught only one fish between them. On the way home, Harry fiddled with（摆弄，玩弄） a calculator whi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-19 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 and remarked, What a small appetite you have tonight, Mr. Jones. To sit next to you, he replied gall... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-08 Mr. Smith was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet. I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost 5 pounds. When Mr. Smith returned, he had l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-13 A lawyer's dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast. Butcher goes to lawyer's office and asks, If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-13 A woman called to make reservations, I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus（河马）, New York The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent said Are you sure that's the name of the town? Yes, what flights do you have? replied the customer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-05 Professor Tom was going to meet his students on the next day,so he wrote some words on the blackboard which read as follows: Professor Tom will meet the class tomorrow. A student, seeing his chance to display his sense of humor after reading the not... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-27 A Newspaper carried this classified ad, The man who picked up my wallet on Market Street was recognized. He is requested to return it. A few days later this ad appeared, The recognized man who picked up your wallet on Market Street requests the lose... 阅读全文>>