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[해외유머] '생일선물'
Her exalted rank did not give Queen Victoria immunity from the trials of a grandmother. One of her grandsons, whose reckless spending annoyed her, wrote to the queen, reminding her of his approaching birthday and delicately suggesting that mony w...
한국경제 | 1997.01.18 00:00
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[해외유머] '돌팔이?'
A member of the faculty in a London medical college was appointed an honorary physician to the king. He proudly wrote a notice on the blackboard in his classroom : "Professor Jennings informs his students that he has been appointed honorary physi...
한국경제 | 1996.12.19 00:00
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[해외유머] '악필 <하>'
The acquaintance''s comment suggested a piece of fun. The two men took the paper to a druggist and asked him to make it up. Without a moment''s hesitation the druggist took down a number of bottles, poured out some of the contents and put into a ...
한국경제 | 1996.12.03 00:00
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[해외유머] '악필 <상>'
The popular actor, connected with a local theater, was an exceptionally bad writer. One day a friend asked for a free pass for the stalls. The actor wrote out a slip, not one word of which was decipherable. The friend showed the pass to an acquai...
한국경제 | 1996.12.02 00:00
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[해외유머] '관폐'
A little boy who had lost his father and whose widowed mother was having a difficult time making ends meet, wrote a letter: "Dear God : Will you please send my mother $100 because she is having a hard time?" The letter ended up in the General Pos...
한국경제 | 1996.11.05 00:00
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[해외유머] '오헨리'
After vainly writing several times for a check which had been promised as an advance on his royalties, O.Henry called on the cashier of a New York publishing house. "I''m sorry" explained the cashier, "but Mr. Blank who signs the checks is laid up ...
한국경제 | 1996.11.04 00:00
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[해외유머] '건망증'
One day a man who had a very bad memory wanted to have a dinner party at his home. He told his servant to make ready for the party, and wrote invitations for a large number of his friends. The appointed evening came and everything was ready. But...
한국경제 | 1996.10.24 00:00
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[해외유머] '전자시대'
A business firm wrote to another corporation, saying, "Our electronic brain has computed that the cost of the work you want done will be..." The following reply was received a few days later: "As this is more than we anticipated, we would like to...
한국경제 | 1996.08.29 00:00
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[해외유머] '재증정'
Rummaging among volumes in a secondhand bookstore, George Bernard Shaw encountered one of his own books and found that he had inscribed it, "TO X. With kind regards." He bought the book, wrote under the first inscription, "To X. With renewed rega...
한국경제 | 1996.08.26 00:00
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[해외유머] '부전자전'
Johnny''s teacher wrote to his mother : "Johnny is a bright boy, but he seems to spend all his time thinking about girls" Johnny''s mother wrote back to his teacher : "If you find a cure, let me know. I''m having the same trouble with his father...
한국경제 | 1996.05.08 00:00