A
Manny:Do these stairs take you to the ninth floor?
Danny:No,you have to walk by yourself.
B
Ned:Why do you always wear two watches?
Ted:I need one to see how slow the other one is.
C
Teacher(taking attendance點名):Morgan Smith.
Jason:Absent.
Teacher:Quiet,Jason. Let Morgan speak for himself.
D
Absent-minded professor:Where are my shoes?
Student:They’re on your feet.
Absent-minded professor:So they are. It’s a good thing you saw them,or I would have gone home without them.
E
Nurse to absent-minded professor in hospital:Professor,the doctor’s here.
Absent-minded professor:Tell him I can’t see him right now. I’m too sick.
F
Wille:What makes you think I’m stupid?
Millie:Well,yesterday when I said hello,you couldn’t think of an answer.
G
Teacher:Willie,what,besides a supersonic jet(超音速飛機(jī)),goes faster than the speed of sound?
Willie:My aunt Jenny when she talks.
H
Sally:Why are you wearing your socks inside out(襪子反穿)?
Stanley:Because there’s a hole on the outside.
I
Farmer Brown:My lazy new farmhand(長工)broke two spade handles(鐵鍬柄)yesterday.
Farmer Jones:Because of working hard?
Farmer Brown:No,leaning(斜靠)on them.
J
Genius:I have just invented a way to get eggs without chickens.
Farmer:That’s fantastic(奇妙的)!How?
Genius:Raise(飼養(yǎng))ducks.
K
City visitor:How do you find the mosquitoes(蚊子)here in the summer?
Farmer:You don’t have to find them—they can find you.
L
Mac:Do you know how to drive a car?
Moe:I thought I did,until I had a short discussion with a policeman yesterday.
M
Rick:They say this lake has no bottom(底).
Nick:How can they say that? Look,the water is only halfway up those ducks over there.
N
Dan:Did you hear about the graduation ceremony(畢業(yè)典禮)at night schoot?
Ann:No,what about it?
Dan:Everybody wore a nightcap(睡帽)and nightgown(睡衣).
O
Mother:Did you eat all the cookies,Tom?
Tom:I didn’t touch one.
Mother:That’s strange.There’s only one left.
Tom:That’s the one I didn’t touch.
P
Scientist:Tell me how fast light travels.
Assistant:The same way slow light travels.
注:注意how fast 和 fast light 的兩種不同理解。
Q
Patient:Doctor,you must do something for me. I snore(打鼾)so loudly that I wake myself up.
Doctor:In that case,I advise you to sleep in another room.