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• 1.Ways end Means
• A man handed a pair of slacks to the department-store clerk. I'd like these altered, please, he said. The clerk asked for the sales receipt, but after...
• 2.She Is Left-handed
• A married couple, both avid golfers, were discussing the future one night. Honey, the wife said, if I were to die and you were to remarry, would you t...
• 3.Pears and Plume
• I bought some pears at my local supermarket. At the checkout counter the cashier commented, Oh, dear, I've charged you for plums instead of pears.What...
• 4.The Big Baby
• You'll have to take care of the baby today, a woman told her husband . I'm not feeling well.Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear. her husband said...
• 5.I Can't Stop Now
• The woman ahead of me in a long line at the department of motor vehicles was reading a paperback romance novel. I inched along behind her and when her...
• 6.My Roommate
• My roommate was interested in a young man in her English-literature class, but she was too shy to let him know. One day she overheard him say he was o...
• 7.Looking for a companion
• A bachelor asked the computer to find him the perfect mate: ' I want a companion who is small and cute, loves water sports and enjoys group activities...
• 8.A Stubborn Horse
• The great novelist had gone mad, but now there seemed to be some hope for his recovery. For six months, he had been sitting at his typewriter pounding...
• 9.12 Post Cards
• My teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer. Her grandfather gave her 12 post c...
• 10.Get a Job
• One day shortly after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed it had fallen...