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1.
A villager met an educated city-bred man.The latter told him, "I'll
ask you a question and if you can't answer it, you 'll have to give
me $10."
"O.K. said the villager", but on one condition:"I'll also ask you
a question and you shall have to give me $20/ if you can't answer
to it." "Right" said the educated man, confident of his knowledge.
Then he asked the villager," Who invented the steam engine ? " " I
do not know " answered the first one and handed over $10/ . "Now",
said the villager, "tell me the name of a one-legged bird " The city-bred
man thought seriously to answer it but he couldn't and at last he
sheepishly handed him two $10/ bills.
2.
Two men were weeping piteously in a graveyard.The first asked the
second one as to why he was crying."Because I have just buried my
wife. And why are you sobbing?" " Well,I haven't burid mine yet !",
came the answer.
3.
John asked his friend, " Do you write with your right hand or left
?" " I write with a pen," was his friend's reply.
4.
Three year-old Tom missed his school-bus because the clock had become
slow. He kept crying because now he would be late. " What can I do
to help you?" asked his mother. " Turn back the hands of the clock,"
replied Tom.
5.Two men were escaping from a lion. The first one said ," I hope
he has had his dinner." The second one said ," Why,so that he can
have us for desert?!"
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