The Albanian planted lightbulbs in his garden. He heard that tulips grew from bulbs.

Did you hear about the Iranian terrorist who switched off the fans of his stolen helicopter because he couldn’t stand the draft?

Did you hear about the dumb father who returned from lunch and saw a sign on his door, “Back in 30 minutes,” so he sat down to wait for himself?

Henderson bought a new car and, after he left the showroom, decided to catch a movie. When he came out, Henderson noticed he’d locked the car and left the keys in the ignition. He telephoned the dealer. “Which is the cheapest window to break?” he asked. “You don’t have to break any of the windows,” […]

An army sergeant told Private Perkins to go to the end of the line. He did, but then returned. “I thought I told you to go to the end of the line,” barked the NCO. “Why did you come back?” “Because there’s already somebody there!”

Shingles were loose on Pennock’s roof, and he complained about leaks to Barton, his neighbor. “Why don’t you mend the roof?” asked Barton. “I can’t today,” Pennock replied. “It’s pouring rain.””Well, why don’t you patch it in dry weather.” “It don’t leak then!”

Wyatt, Milford and Calhoun were standing one on top of the other trying to measure a flag pole. A man passing by yelled up to them, “Why don’t you guys just take down the pole, lay it down on the ground and measure it?” “We don’t wanna measure the length, mister!” Wyatt sneered. “We wanna […]

Chaffee could talk on any subject whether he knew anything about it or not. Mostly he didn’t. One day his neighbor Nibley could stand no more. “Do you realize,” asked Nibley, “that you and I know all there is to be known?” “Do you really think so?” said Chaffee. “How do you figure that?” “Easy,” […]

Tyfus applied for a job in a factory. The company doctor who was giving him a physical asked, “Have your eyes ever been checked?” “No,” said the worker. “They’ve always been brown.”

Rigby drove into the city with his girl to catch their first play at a theater. Rigby rushed up to the box office and said, “Gimme two tickets for tonight’s show.” “Sorry,” said the box office attendant. “There are no seats left. We have only two standing rooms left.” “Well, I’ll be hog tied! Only […]

Duayne met Patricia Ann from Birmingham at a Tus-caloosa ballroom. They danced every dance together. When the evening was over, he asked if he could see her next time he was in town. “Yes,” replied Patricia Ann shyly. The young man hurriedly took out his pad and pencil and asked, “What’s your number?” “CApitol 4-6173.” […]

Edney and Cole, two Ohio Edison electrical repairmen, were working on a blown house circuit. “Hey, Cole!” said Edney. “See those two wires?” “Sure,” Cole answered. “Now just grab one of them.” Cole grabbed one of the wires. “Feel anything?” asked his partner. “Not a thing,” answered Cole. “Good!” said Edney. “Don’t touch the other […]