A man went to a doctor...

Doctor: You should eat one chapati every day to maintain a healthy diet.

After two weeks he comes back having put on a lot of weight.

Doctor: I asked you to eat only one chapati a day. How many have you been eating?

Man: Twenty-four. Because I went to 24 doctors and all of them asked me to eat one chapati a day.

Tathagata Bhowmik

Class VII, Don Bosco School, Calcutta

Father: How many marks have you scored in history?

Son: Fifteen marks less than Rajeev.

Father: And what has Rajeev scored?

Son: Fifteen.

Subhodip Bose, Class VII, New Wonderland School, Asansol

Question: Which room has no floor, doors, windows and ceiling?

Answer: Mush‘room’.

Prabhat Kumar Prasad, Class VI, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dum Dum

There was a very lazy boy called Ramesh. Once his teacher asked him to write an essay on laziness. Ramesh submitted three blank sheets followed by a message at the bottom of the third sheet which said, ‘‘This is laziness’’.

Ayushman Datta, Class VII, Don Bosco, Calcutta

A person went to a restaurant and took out his handkerchief and went towards the basin and started washing it.

Waiter: Why are you washing the basin?

Man: (Pointing at a signboard) Can’t you see that it is written ‘Wash Basin’?

Preksha Baid, Class VII, St Helen’s School, Howrah

Customer: How much do you charge for a hair-cut? Barber: Rs 15.

Customer: And how much do you charge for shaving?

Barber: Rs 5.

Customer: Then shave my hair.

Ankita Singh, Class IV, Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Ranchi

Sumit to Ajay: A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday, he stayed two nights and left on Friday. How could that be possible? Ajay: I don’t know. Sumit: Because his horse was called ‘Friday’.

Antarik Chatterjee, Class VIII, Augustine’s Public School, Ramrajatala

Question: Why did Ramesh put his radio inside the refrigerator? Answer: He wanted to listen to some really ‘cool’ music!

Fatema Sayeed, Class VI, Loreto Day School, Dharamtala, Calcutta

Man (Goes to a dyer’s shop): This is my shirt. You have to dye it with a colour except blue, yellow, red, green (mentions all the colours that he can think of). So when can I come to pick it up?

Shopkeeper: You can come on any day, except Sunday, Monday (mentions all the days of the week).

Suman Kayal, Class VIII, Baruipur High School, Baruipur, West Bengal