The zoo built a special eight-foot-high enclosure for its newly acquired kangaroo, but the next morning the animal was found hopping around outside. The height of the fence was increased to 15 feet, but the kangaroo got out again. Exasperated, the zoo director had the height increased to 30 feet, but the kangaroo still escaped. A giraffe asked the kangaroo, “How high do you think they’ll build the fence?”
“I don’t know,” said the kangaroo. “Maybe a thousand feet if they keep leaving the gate unlocked.
A member of a military band came to the surgeon with a throatache. “Let me see your throat. Oh, that’s not so bad. You’ll be all right in a day or two. I think you had better rest a little for a week or so.” And with these words the surgeon gave the man sick-leave.
A week later the surgeon met the bandsman in the street. “How’s your throat?” he asked. “It’s quite all right now, sir,” was the reply. “That’s good,” said the surgeon. “You can go back to your duty now. By the way, what instrument do you play in the band?” “The small drum, sir!” said the bandsman.