This document contains summaries of 10 jokes or short stories meant to convey life lessons. The summaries focus on themes of: seeking fulfillment through immoral means; how not all wrongdoers face consequences while not all good deeds are recognized; being careful what you wish for as it could be granted in unexpected ways; holding grudges can lead to mean behavior; and getting revenge can involve covert actions.

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465. “I want a baby…”
Two women in their thirties were sitting in the doctor's
waiting room comparing notes on their various
disorders.
"I want a baby more than anything in the world," said
the first, "but I guess it is impossible."
"I used to feel just the same way," said the second. "But
then everything changed. That's why I'm here. I'm going
to have a baby in three months."
"You must tell me what you did," said the first lady.
"I went to a faith healer," the second lady said.
"But I've tried that. My husband and I went to one
for nearly a year and it didn't help a bit."
The other woman smiled and whispered, "Try going
alone, next time, dearie."
How many people have resorted to immoral actions to
satisfy a particular want?
How many have been conned by people who claim to
be “Faith Healers”?

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487. Why Me?
A man was speeding down the highway, feeling secure
in a gaggle of cars all traveling at the same speed.
However, as they passed a speed trap, he got nailed
with an infrared speed detector and was pulled over.
The officer handed him the summons, received his
signature and was about to walk away when the man
asked, "Officer, I know I was speeding, but I don't think
it's fair - there were plenty of other cars around me who
were going just as fast, so why must it be Me who gets
the ticket?"
"Ever go fishing?" the policeman suddenly asked the
man.
"Ummm, yeah..." the startled man replied.
The officer grinned and added, "Ever catch ALL the
fish?"
In the real world, not all the ‘bad’ ones get caught or
punished by the law; likewise not all the ‘good’ ones
get recognized or rewarded. That’s the way things
are!

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408. Drop Dead
The Third Grade teacher had to leave her classroom for
a few minutes. When she returned to her class, she
found the children perfectly disciplined. Every pupil
was sitting absolutely quiet. The teacher was shocked
and stunned. She said, “I’ve never seen anything like
this before. This is wonderful. Can someone tell me
what came over all of you? Why are you so well-
behaved and quiet?”
Finally, after much urging, Ah Beng spoke up,
“Teacher, you remember at one time you said that if
you ever came back and found us quiet, you would drop
dead.”
Little children can naively interpret the talk and words
of adults in the most shocking and unexpected ways.

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430. Mirror, Mirror
A young woman bought a mirror at an antique shop and
hung it on her bathroom door. One evening, while
getting undressed, she playfully said, "Mirror, mirror on
my door, make my bust-line forty-four."
Instantly, there was a brilliant flash of light, and her
breasts grew to enormous proportions. Excitedly, she
ran to tell her husband what happened, and in minutes
they both returned to the bathroom where the magic
mirror was hung.
This time the husband crossed his fingers and said,
"Mirror, mirror on the door, make my vital organ touch
the floor."
Again, there was a bright flash and..........both his legs
fell off!
Beware! Your secret yearnings and wishes ( especially
those rooted in greed or unwholesomeness ) could
be fulfilled in shocking and unpleasant ways.

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361. Lottery Ticket
A lazy superstitious man went out to his garden yard to
pray and ask a favor from God.
“Oh Heaven God,” he prayed. “I have prayed to you for
many years faithfully. I have also offered all kinds of
food for you.
Oh God! Please let me strike the lottery.”
The lazy man waited for a few weeks. Nothing
happened. He became disappointed and angry. Out into
the garden he went again. He knelt down and shouted,
“Oh Heaven God, don’t You think You are being
unreasonable. All I ask for is a strike at the lottery.”
Suddenly he heard a voice thundering from the sky:
“Who’s being unreasonable? You didn’t buy any
lottery!”
A superstitious and deluded person lacks clear and
reasonable thinking. He can do the most foolish
things.

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307. The Beautiful Ladies
Four ladies were bragging to one another about how
successful their sons were.
First Lady: My son is a priest. When he walks into a
room, everyone calls him ‘Father’.
Second Lady: My son is a bishop. When he walks into a
room, people call him ‘Your Grace’.
Third Lady: My son is a cardinal. When he walks into
a room, he’s called ‘Your Eminence’.
The fourth lady kept silent for a while. The other three
ladies looked at her sneeringly with looks that seemed
to say “Well … what have you?”
Finally the fourth lady said, “My son is 6 feet 3, has
broad square shoulders, is gorgeously handsome and
dresses so smartly. Whenever he walks into a room, all
the women just say, ‘Oh my God…’ ”.
The ego in a person is very strong. In the materialistic
society today many try to outdo one another in their
boasts.

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333. Gates of Heaven
A man died and was propelled to the gates of heaven.
The angel guarding the gates told the man that in order to
enter through the gates he had to spell correctly the word
LOVE. This was easy for the man and he was allowed in.
The angel asked the man to relieve her at the gates as she
had to go away for a short while. “Remember the final
spelling test before you allow anyone in,” the angel told the
man.
Not long later, the man’s wife appeared at the gates of
heaven. “Why are you here?” the man asked angrily. In life,
his wife used to nag him. The wife said that she died in an
accident on her return from the man’s funeral.
The man told her that to enter the gates of heaven, she had
to spell one word correctly.
“And darling,” the wife asked, “what do I have to spell?”
“Spell CZECHOSLOVAKIA,” the man said.
A person who hates or bears a grudge against another can
be very mean and resort to devious ways to try to get rid of
the one he hates or dislikes.

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347. Getting Even
A young man and his father were seated in front of the
television watching a football match. During the halftime
intermission, the father remarked to his son, “Son, do you
remember the time when you were a young boy and did bad
things from time to time. Every time you were bad, I gave
you a whipping. Do you remember?”
“I sure do,” the son replied, “except I could not figure out
many times why I was whipped. Dad, you did not explain
what wrong I did.”
The father was silent for a moment and then he asked, “Son,
after you got a whipping every time, you would go into the
toilet and spend almost half an hour scrubbing the toilet.
You got it spotlessly clean and I could never figure out why
you did that task.”
Without taking his eyes away from the television, the young
man replied, “Dad, actually I was just getting even with you
for whipping me.”
The father, surprised, said, “How? By cleaning the toilet to
get even?”
“No,” the son answered, “by scrubbing the toilet with
YOUR TOOTHBRUSH.”
To get even with another, there is no knowing what a
person can do behind the back of the one who has
aggrieved the person.