"Holy cow, Mister," one of them said after catching his breath, "You scared us half to death - we thought
you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?" "Those fools!" the old man grumbled.
"They misspelled my name!"
Abu Ali Counts his Donkeys
One day Abu Ali went to the fair, and bought nine donkeys. He rode home on one of them the rest of the
donkeys followed behind.
After a while Abu Ali said to himself, ?) must make sure all my donkeys are here.? And he turned round to
count them.
?One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Oh! Where?s number nine?? Abu Ali cried He jumped down
from his donkey. He looked behind the rocks and behind the trees. But there was no donkey to be seen.
?)?ll count them again,? Abu Ali said. ?One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Oh, he must have
come back.?
So Abu Ali climbed back on to the donkey and trotted away.
After a while he counted his donkeys again. He counted only eight! Once more he looked behind the rocks
and behind the trees. But there was no donkey to be seen.
?) will count again,? he said, and this time there were nine.
Just then Abu Ali saw his friend Musa walking along the road. ?Musa,? he called. ?(elp me to count my
donkeys. I keep losing one. When I stop to count I have only eight, but when I get down looking for the ninth,
there he is again!?
?Well, ) can see ten donkeys, Abu Ali,? laughed Musa. ?And the tenth donkey?s name is Abu Ali?
Honey, What's For Supper?
An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day he called her doctor to
make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two
weeks, and meanwhile there's a simple informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the
state of her problem.
?(ere's what you do,? said the doctor. ?Start out about vr feet away from her, and in a normal
conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a
response.?
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he's in the living room. He says to himself,
?)'m about vr feet away, let's see what happens.? Then in a normal tone he asks, ?(oney, what's for supper??
No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about ur feet from his wife and repeats, ?(oney,
what's for supper??
Still no response. Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks,
?(oney, what's for supper??
Again he gets no response. So he walks up to the kitchen door, only sr feet away. ?(oney, what's for
supper??
Again there is no response. So he walks right up behind her. ?(oney, what's for supper??
?Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, C()CKEN!?
Source: www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2003/For_Supper.htm
What time is it?
A tramp lie down and sleep in the park. He had been sleeping for about 5 minutes when a couple walked
by.
The man stopped, woke the tramp up , and asked him, "Excuse me. Do you know what the time is?" The
tramp replied, "I'm sorry - I don't have a watch, so I don't know the time."
The man apologized for waking the tramp and the couple walked away.