The woman in a theatre box-office was surprised one evening just before the show at the behaviour of a patron. He bought a ticket, went away, and then returned a few minutes later to buy another one;he went away again, returned and bought a third ticket. Then he went away yet again, returned yet again and bought a fourth ticket. By this time the show had started, so the woman in the box-office said,“I hope you don’t mind my asking, sir, but why do you keeping back and buying more tickets?”
“Every time I try to get into the auditorium,” the hapless patron replied, “some chap takes my ticket and tears it in haiti.”
A merchant was selling a large elephant. A man came up to the elephant and began to ex***ne it very carefully. The merchant went up to him and whispered in his ear, “Don’t say anything about that elephant till I’ve sold it, and I’ll make you a present,” “All right.”said the man.
After the elephant had been sold, the merchanl gave him one-tenth of the price he had got for it, saying,“Now, will you tell me how you found out that blemish on the left foreleg of the elephant? I thought it was quite hidden.”
“I never found any blemish.”said the man.
“Then why did you look so carefully at every part of the elephant?”
“Because I’d never seen one before, and wanted to know what they were like.”