1.—Why is an empty purse always the same?
--Because there is never any change in it.
2. –Why is a river so rich?
--Because it has two banks.
3. –Why do carpenters reasonably believe that there isn’t such a thing as stone?
--Because they never saw it.
4. –Why are parliamentary reports called 「Blue Book」?
--Because they are never read.
5. –Why can you never expect a fisherman to be generous?
--Because his business makes him sellfish.
6. –Why shouldn’t a man tell his secrets in a cornfield?
--Because there are so many ears here.
7. –Why is a room full of married people like an empty room?
--Because there is not a single person in it.
8. –Why must we all hang together?
--Because if not, we shall all hang separately.
9. –Why did they hang the picture?
--Perhaps they didn’t find the artist.
10. –Why are you knitting three socks?
--My son wrote me that he’s grown a foot since he’s been in the army.
11. –When are your eyes not eyes?
--When the wind makes them water.
12. –When does a chair dislike you?
--When it can’t bear me.
13. –What is the color of the wind and waves in severe storm?
--The wind blew, and the waves rose.
14. –What is the hardest part of learning to skate?
-- The ice.
15. –What is the strongest day of the week?
--It’s Sunday, because the other days are weekdays.
16. –What kind of belt you can’t fasten round your waist?
--The Cotton Belt.
17. –May I see you pretty soon ?
--Don’t you think I am pretty now?
18. –Did the doctor treat you yesterday?
--No, he charged me 20 dollars.
19. –Do you know what happens to liars(說謊者) when they die?
--Yes, sir, they lie still.
20. –What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?
--Dawn breaks but never falls and night falls but never breaks.