My five-year-old boy, Neel, loves to sit on his grandfather’s lap and listen to stories read out to him. One day, after his grandfather had told him the story about Noah’s ark, and how Noah led pairs of different animals to the safety of the ark, Neel asked, “Grandpa, you are so old, I am sure you were also in Noah’s ark, were you?”
His grandfather replied, “No, my dear”.
Neel asked, “In that case, how is it that you survived the flood?”
The village blacksmith, Joe was looking for an apprentice and was happy to find his wife’s brother Pip, who was willing to work hard for long hours.
Joe immediately began giving instructions to Pip, “When I remove the shoe from the fire, I’ll put it on the anvil; and as soon as I nod my head, you hit it with this hammer.”
Pip, the apprentice did exactly as he told. Now Pip is the village blacksmith.
Sam and Jill, a not-so-well-to-do couple, go to a very exclusive hotel to stay for the night. The manager immediately recognized their worth but could not ask them to leave, so he decided to act smart.
The next morning, when the couple came down to settle their dues, they were surprised to find a bill of $4000 waiting for them.
Sam was annoyed and said, “What is the meaning of this? We just spent a night in this hotel!”
The next morning, when the couple came down to settle their dues, they were surprised to find a bill of $4000 waiting for them.
Sam was annoyed and said, “What is the meaning of this? We just spent a night in this hotel!”
The manager said, “You have to understand this is a very expensive hotel. We have golf courts, tennis courts, swimming pools, gyms, pubs and restaurants, all this is very expensive to maintain.”
Sam protested,”But we didn’t use any of these!”
The manager said, “If you didn’t use the facilities, that’s your problem.”
Sam said, “In that case, you owe me $1000. You see, my wife here is a call girl who charges $5000 a night, so please settle your bill.”
“Why should I pay?” the manager was taken aback, “I didn’t sleep with your wife!”
Sam replied quickly, “If you didn’t use her services - that’s your problem!”
A Sea monster, Rip and a Sea serpent, Jin were friends. They were swimming around looking for food. They came across a ship that was hauling potatoes. Rip, the sea monster, swam underneath the ship, toppled it and ate everything on the ship.
After some time, they came across another ship, again carrying potatoes. Rip again went on a rampage, turned the ship upside down and ate everything the ship was carrying.
They found a third ship which was also hauling potatoes and Rip attacked once again and gobbled up everything.
Finally his friend Jin asked him, “Why do you keep toppling those ships full of potatoes and eating everything on board?”
Rip replied, “I wish I had not done that, but it’s impossible to stop once I start. Everyone knows you can’t eat just one potato ship.”
