Mother: I left two pieces of cake in the cupboard
this morning,
Johnny, and now there is only one piece left. Can you explain
that? Johnny: Well, I suppose it was so dark that I didn't
notice the other.
A young man came home from work and found his bride
upset. "I feel terrible," she said. "I was pressing your suit
and I burned a big hole in the seat of your trousers."
"Forget it," consoled her husband. "Remember that I've
got an extra pair of pants for that suit."
"Yes," said the woman, cheering up. "And it's lucky you
have. I used them to patch the hole."
Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday, and everyone
was complimenting him on how well he looked.
"I'll tell you the secret," he said. "My wife and I were
married seventy-five years ago. On our wedding night we made
a pledge that whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved
wrong would go out and take a walk. I have been in the open
air continuously for the past seventy-five years.
When Nasreddin was a boy, he never did what he was told,
so his father always told him to do the opposite of what he wanted
him to do.
One day, when the two were bringing sacks of flour home on their
donkeys, they had to cross a shallow river. When they were in the
middle of it, one of the sacks on Nasreddin's donkey began to slip,
so his father said, "That sack is nearly in the water! Press down
hard on it!" His father of course expected that he would do the
opposite, but this time Nasreddin did what his father had told him
to do. He pressed down on the sack and it went under water. Of course,
the flour was lost.
"What have you done, Nasreddin," his father shouted angrily.
"Well, father," said Nasreddin. "This time I thought that I would
do just what you told me to show you how stupid your orders always
are."
Brown was very proud of his young son. Once he was talking
to a visitor, telling the man how clever his son was.
"The boy is only two years old," he said, "and knows all animals.
He's going to be a great naturalist. Here, let me show you."
He took a book of natural history from the bookshelf, placed
Bobby on his knee, opened the book and showed him a picture of a
giraffe.
"What's that, Bobby?" "
Horsey, " said Bobby. Next of a tiger was shown, and Bobby said,
"Pussy." Then Brown showed Bobby a picture of lion, and Bobby said,
"Doggy." And when a picture of a chimpanzee was shown, Bobby said,
"Daddy!"