During the college speech course I taught, I spoke about a Chinese student who, after moving to the United States, decided she wanted an English name to honor her new home. "She chose the name Patience," I told the class, "because she wanted to be reminde...

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Thinking his son would enjoy seeing the reenactment of a Civil War battle, my niece's husband took the boy, Will, to the event. But the poor child was terrified by the booming cannons. During a lull, Will's dad finally got him calmed down. That's when the...

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你跟我说一下不就行了吗？ No good deed goes unpunished. I had volunteered to tar the roof on my father's shed. I was about halfway done when I slipped and fell flat on my face getting black goop all over my shirt, my pants, even my hair. Hearing the thud, Dad looked u...

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The technology of instant messaging has taken over my 11-year-old daughter's life. I realized this when I was helping her prepare for a spelling test. "Celebration," I challenged. "C-E-L-E-B-R-A-S … no, wait." She paused. "Backspace the S." 即时通讯技术已经占据我那11...

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On the way home from visiting relatives, two of my very proper sisters stopped at a casino -- not to play the slot machines, mind you, just to check out the place. "So did you do any gambling?" I teased. "Well," Kitty said cagily. "I had a $10 cup of coff...

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A cop stopped a man for running a stop sign and the subject gave the cop a lot of grief explaining that he did stop. After several minutes, the cop explained to the gentleman that he didn’t stop, he just slowed down a little. The gentleman said, “Stop or ...

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A couple went on vacation to a resort up north. The husband liked to fish, and the wife liked to read. One morning the husband came back from fishing after getting up real early that morning and took a nap. While he slept, the wife decided to take the boa...

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A philosophy professor warned the class he was going to give them a test. When the day came he entered the classroom, wordlessly placed his chair on the table and, turning to the blackboard, wrote, "Prove to me this chair does not exist." Most of the nerv...

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A big burly man visited the pastor's home and asked to see the minister's wife, a woman well known for her charitable impulses. "Madam," he said in a broken voice," I wish to draw your attention to the terrible plight of a poor family in this district. Th...

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A golfer stood over his tee shot for what seemed like an eternity. Looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring just the right wind direction and speed. Driving his partner absolutely nuts. Finally, his exasperated partner say, “Why are you ...

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