Express mail  After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL, we went out of town to celebrate. While on our trip, she was contacted by the company‘s human resources dep...

Super power line During the recent blackout in New York city, my sister’s phone at the ferry company kept ringing as people inquired about service. One caller asked if the ferry w...

I‘m not a newsboy Freelance newspaper writers don‘t get nearly as much attention as writers with regular bylines. So I was delighted when I finally got some notice. It was at t...

my wife told me to stand here   Everybody on earth dies and goes to heaven. God comes and says 'I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men that dominated their...

The Fish Net        'Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?'        'A lot of little holes tied together with strin...

 That‘s Creative     Being the office supervisor, I had to have a word with a new employee who never arrived at work on time. I explained that her tardiness was una...

Just want to take a day off A big challenge of running a small business is dealing with employees‘ requests for time off. One morning an employee said, 'I need to leave early tomo...

 1.The Target My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detecto...

1.a bad boy It‘s His FaultBilly and Bobby were small boys．They were brothers，and they often had fights with each other． Last Saturday their mother said to them，“I‘m going t...

  1.The Joke Sir William Thompson was very deaf but he did not like people to know this． One evening he had invited several friendsto dinner， and while they were sitting at ...