摘要: The Emperor of Russia was once at a gathering in Pariswhen a collection was made for the poor． A very pretty Frenchgirl went to the Emperor and asked for a donation．He pulledout a twentyfranc piece[阅读全文]
摘要: Sir Richard Bacon tells the following amusing story in "ANava1 Scrap Book"："On one occasion When my ancestor's husband was up country with his troops[阅读全文]
摘要: Bishop Vaughan was a man of great hospitality， and onone occasion when a conference of world delegates was beingheld in London， he asked a number of native clergy to call onhim．[阅读全文]
摘要: A man went into a bar， sat down， called the barman and said to him，"Give me a drink before the trouble starts．"[阅读全文]
摘要: It is said among business men that it requires twelve Jews to cheat a Genoese； but twelve Genoese are not enough tocheat a Greek… Only one person， that I ever heard of， enjoys the not very enviabl[阅读全文]
摘要: The butcher in the meat market was weighing up a roast when his customer observed，"Say， you're giving me a lot of bone there， aren't you？ "[阅读全文]
摘要: A story is told of a browbeating counsel，who habituallyendeavoured to terrorize his opponent's witnesses．[阅读全文]
摘要: "I shall have to give you ten days or $ 20，" said thejudge．[阅读全文]
摘要: We know a gentleman who， after a medical examina tionwas told by the doctor that he was in a pretty bad way．[阅读全文]
摘要: One day a man went into a chemist's shop and said， "Have you anything to cure a headache？"[阅读全文]
摘要: Mr．Day was a teacher at a school in a big city in then orth of England．He usually went to France or Germany for afew weeks during his summer holidays[阅读全文]
摘要: Readers of London's New Statesman and Nation were asked to play a game originated by Philosopher Bertrand Russell．[阅读全文]
摘要: "One picture is worth a thousand wods？" The fact is that one picture is rarely， if ever， worth a thousand words．Some are worth only one： money．[阅读全文]
摘要: Rachmanin off was a very famous pianist and composer of music． He liked to tell this story about himself．[阅读全文]
摘要: The two old gentlemen were enjoying the sunshine on thesame park bench one Sunday morning． They were strangers， but one，feeling sociable and at peace with the world， remarked：[阅读全文]
摘要: "I'd like you to come right over，" a man phoned an un dertaker，"and supervise the burial of my poor， departed wife．"[阅读全文]
摘要: Some years back， a Senator from the Interior Commit teevisited an Indian reservation in Arizona， where he made a finespeech full of promises of better things．[阅读全文]
摘要: When I was in the grocery store I heard my friend moan，"Oh， did I just make a faux pas！" I stopped thumping melonsand gave her my full attention．[阅读全文]