Short Takes

 

Q: What travels faster, heat or cold?

A: Heat, because it is easy to catch a cold.

 

Mom: Lalit, I thought I told you to watch for the milk boiling over.

Lalit: I did Mom, it boiled over five minutes ago.

 

Teacher: Nancy what is a cannibal?

Nancy: I don't know maam.

Teacher: Well, if you were to eat your parents, what would you be?

Nancy: An orphan maam.

 

Q: Why do we say, `he earns his bread...' when what we really mean is

`he earns his money ...'?

A: Because everybody `kneads' it.

 

Q: Why are tall people lazier than short people?

A: Because they're longer in bed.

 

Display board outside a women's wear shop: A good place to shop for

women.

 

Two girls discussing the handsome new lecturer.

``He dresses so well,'' said the first.

``Yes, '' agreed the second. ``And so quickly too!''

 

Student: I is ...''

Teacher: No, you must say, I am

Student: All right -- I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.

 

One Mom to another

First Mom: My boy is growing up, he wants to go out with girls.

Second Mom: My boy is past that. He wants to stay indoors with them.

 

``Let me count the notes,''said the burglar to his companion, after

looting a bank.

``Don't bother. The amount will be published in tomorrow's newspaper,''

said his companion.

 

Doctor: I regret to say that the cheque you gave me has come back.

Patient: So has my fever.

 

Judge: Have you anything to offer the court before the sentence is

passed on you?

Prisoner: No sir, I had Rs 200 but my lawyer took it.

 

Teacher: How can you say that animals have powerful eyes?

Student: I've never seen them wearing glasses.

 

Father: Sunil what would you like to be when you grow up?

Sunil: A veterinary doctor.

Father: Why, a veterinary doctor?

Sunil: Because an animal can't complain of wrong treatment.

 

Q: Where do you find cherries in ponds?

A: In Pondicherry (a state(?) in Southern India)

 

Manoj: I was sending a letter to my girlfriend almost everyday.

Suresh: Then what happened?

Manoj: She fell in love with the postman and got married!

 

Q: Why did the absent-minded professor go out without wearing his pants?

A: Because he had only a half-length mirror.

 

Q: What did a sneezing champion win in the Olympics?

A: A cold medal.

 

Q: Where would you always find a helping hand?

A: At the end of your arm.

 

Q: Who is a diplomat?

A: One who thinks twice before saying nothing.

 

Q: Where does success comes before work?

A: Only in the dictionary.

 

Q: What is the full form of `Stupid'?

A: Smart, talented, unique person in demand.

 

If a guy opens the car door for his girl, either the girl is new or the

car is.

 

Q: There are seven letters in an English word -- the first two letters

stand for man, the first three for woman and first four for the brave

man and all seven stand for brave woman, which is that word?

A: Heroine.