Several weeks after a young man had been hired, he was called into the human resources director’s office.... more

A man went into a restaurant and ordered breakfast. He told the waiter, “I want two boiled eggs, one of them undercooked so it runs, the other one cooked so hard it looks like rubber. I want my coffee... more

A well-dressed gentleman was headed into a drinking establishment when he spotted an elderly man fishing in a puddle outside. He invited him inside for a drink. As they sipped their whiskeys, the gent... more

One day a small mouse surfaced from his nest to find himself between the paws of a huge sleeping lion, which immediately awoke and seized him. The mouse pleaded with the fierce beast to be set free. T... more

The teller at a bank sharply reprimanded a customer because he had neither filled out a deposit slip nor put his loose change in the special little rolls of specified amounts.... more

A famous pianist was asked to judge a piano competition, with the contestants graded on a scale of one to 20. The pianist listened intently and personally gave each contestant a grade.... more

One day, a teacher told her students to bring a bag of potatoes to school. She said each potato should be given the name of a person the child hated. The more people the child hated, the more potatoes... more

I am a Charles Schulz superfan, and for more reasons than the fact we both graduated from good old Central High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. I often quote the “Peanuts” cartoon strip in this column,... more

A farmer went to his neighboring farmer’s home in hopes that he might borrow a rope.... more

A man found a butterfly cocoon. One day, a small opening appeared, and the man sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then it seemed... more

When a plague of poverty decimated an ancient land, the king called in his wisest economic advisers and demanded they prepare a short textbook on economics so that he might devise a remedy.... more

A chronologically gifted couple entered a hotel lobby and requested the bridal suite.... more

A chronologically gifted couple entered a hotel lobby and requested the bridal suite.... more