Several weeks after our son began his freshman year at Alma College in Michigan, my husband and I decided to visit him. I was careful to call him a few days in advance to 'warn' hi...

Teacher: Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths? Gerald: I‘d much rather have the half. Teacher: Think carefully, and tell me why. Gerald: Because you lose too...

A shoplifter was caught red-handed trying to steal a watch from a jewelry store. 'Listen,' said the shoplifter, 'I know you don‘t want any trouble either. What do you say I just b...

Before the final examination, Tom told his mother, 'Mom, I had a dream last night that I‘d passed today‘s exam.' 'Don‘t trust dreams, dear. It is said what you experience in dre...

One of my favorite teachers at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau was known of his droll sense of humor. Explaining his ground rules to one freshman class, he sa...

A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. Now, children, said she, has anyone of you ever made someone else glad? Please, teacher, said a...

Hanging in the hallway at Whites High School in Wabash, Ind., and the basketball team pictures from the past 40 years. A player in the center of the front row in each picture holds...

One day, the phone rang, and a little boy answered. 'May I speak to your parents? ' 'They‘re busy. ' 'Oh. Is anybody else there? ' 'The police. ' 'Can I speak to them?' 'They‘re ...

My two sister and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phon...

Two attorneys went into a restaurant and ordered two drinks. Then they brought out sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat. The owner marched over and told them, 'You c...