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1.

Do you know that this morning I went to a mind reader?

— I am sure he charged you one-quarter price!

2.

Doctor, please tell me when I should take the aspirin — before I get the headache or after I get the headache?

— Take it neither before nor after.

3.

You silly dentist! You have pulled out the wrong tooth!

— You silly fellow! You have no patience. I am coming to the right one.

4.

Twenty dollars! Is it not too much to pull out a tiny tooth from my little child?

— Your "little mouth" had a big cry, and three of my patients left!

5.

I have changed my mind completely.

— Tell me, is it for the better or for the worse?

6.

By this time you should have realised that I have a big heart!

— Indeed! I have also realised that you have a big stomach as well.

7.

I don't believe everything that I hear.

— I don't blame you. But, like me, repeat everywhere everything that you hear.

8.

Can you tell me who composed, "O, Say Can You See?"

— Just an ordinary eye specialist.

9.

You have been promising and promising to me that one of these days you will come to my place.

— I see, tomorrow I shall. Don't worry. I shall definitely come to your place, either by plane or by car or by foot.

10.

Master, what shall I do for my dream to come true?

— Wake up and don't go to sleep!

11.

Can you not stop your dog from staring at me?

— Why should I? He is enjoying seeing one of the members of his own family.

12.

Why did you kill your poor wife?

— No other way. Too much money was involved in the divorce.

13.

When was the father of America born?

— On George Washington's birthday.

14.

How is it that you do not know that Columbus found America?

— Alas, I did not know that America was ever lost.

15.

Sister, your husband is a professor. Do you know which book he likes best?

— Unfortunately, I do not. But I do know which book I like best.

Which book do you like best?

— My husband's checkbook.

16.

What is the speciality of Washington, D.C.?

— Some people are afraid of being discovered, while others are dying to be discovered.

17.

Why do you like marriage so much and not divorce at all?

— Because divorce costs much more.

18.

I do not like flowers at all.

— Why? Everybody likes flowers. What is wrong with you?

Because they are always found in beds and nowhere else.

19.

I love you so much.

— Why?

Because you have a veiled mouth and an unveiled heart.

20.

Can you give me Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

— Sorry, I don't have it. But the White House has.

21.

I went on a strict diet for three weeks.

— So what happened?

Alas, I lost three precious weeks!

22.

How can anybody prove that I have taken too many calories?

— Easily I can prove. Your fat will expose them.

23.

Why are you collecting all old, useless magazines?

— Because in the near future I am planning to be a dentist.

24.

Have you read George Bernard Shaw and Mark Twain?

— No. But I have red T-shirts.

Alas, my barber is the worst possible haircutter.

— But he definitely tells you the latest, juiciest stories!

25.

Hello, is this room service?

— Yes.

Can you send me a spoon?

— Just wait a little. Somebody is using it.

26.

How is it, Pulak, that you are wearing one sock? Have you lost the other one?

— No, I just found this one.

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