The Best Jokes and Stories

About the Book

The purpose of this book is to survey a selection of jokes—classics as well as those making the rounds today—and to provide suggestions on how to tell them effectively. Note: Some of the material is 'salty' because sex is an important part of life and lends itself to humor. Those who wish to develop as raconteurs must have a good stock of stories of different types at hand, in order to contribute to a social gathering, no matter who is present. This collection contains a variety of stories, from the ribald to the most sophisticated, such as 'Beethoven's Ninth' and 'Bohr.' Some—Three Women at the Gates of Heaven—are double-barreled, with two punch lines. I find them all quite amusing.

About the Author

Gene Levin is a Professor of Physics in the City University of New York and at this stage of life prefers a good laugh to an exercise in relativity theory. He feels it an almost religious duty to share his store of jokes with friends and those who might become friends.