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2008-12-09

Does the dog know the proverb, too?

  The little boy did not like the look of the barking dog.

    "It's all right," said a gentleman, "don't be afraid. Don't you know the proverb: Barking dogs don't bite?"

    "Ah, yes," answered the little boy. "I know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb, too?"

The poor husband

"You can't imagine how difficult it is for me to deal with my wife," the man complained to his friend. "She asks me a question, then answers it herself, and after that she explained to me for half an hour why my answer is wrong.

I Wasn't Asleep

   When a group of women got on the car, every seat was already occupied. The conductor noticed a man who seemed to be asleep, and fearing he might miss his stop, he nudged him and said: "Wake up, sir!"

   "I wasn't asleep," the man answered.

   "Not asleep? But you had your eyes closed."

   "I know. I just hate to look at ladies standing up beside me in a crowded car."