“When the chatty barber asked the quick-witted man how he wanted to be shaved, he replied: “In silence.”
“Someone once told a smart aleck: “Demeia, I saw you in my dream the day before yesterday.”
He replied: “You're lying — I was in the countryside.”
While creating the illustration style I decided to place the characters in contemporary settings (with a retro feel) to stress the jokes’ relatable qualities.
“A man owned a bottle of fine wine and had sealed it.
When his servant made a hole at the bottom of the bottle and started stealing the wine, the man wondered why the wine was disappearing, even though the seal was intact.
Someone said to him, "You see, it's open at the bottom." And he replied, "You fool, it's not the bottom part of the wine that's missing, it's the top!"
“A smart aleck, a bald man, and a barber were traveling together and, while staying in a desert, they agreed that each of them would keep watch over the luggage for four hours.
Since the barber was the first to stand guard, he wanted to have some fun, so he shaved the smart aleck’s head while he was sleeping. When it was time to switch shifts, he woke him up.
The smart aleck, rubbing his head after waking (still half-asleep) and discovering it was bald, said: “You're a real jerk —you made a mistake and woke the bald guy instead of me.”
“While walking up the staircase a man counted twenty stairs. He wondered if the number was same while descending.”
“A man bought stolen clothes, and to avoid being recognized, he smeared them with tar.”
“A smart aleck wanted to see if he was handsome while he sleeping, so he looked in the mirror with his eyes closed.”
It started raining while a man was swimming ,so he decided to dive to avoid getting wet.
“A barber was putting band-aids on those he had cut.
When one of them complained, he said: "You ingrate! You were shaved for one denar, and you got band-aids worth four."
A drunkard was reprimanded for being a fool because of his excess drinking.
His vision being temporarily impaired due to being drunk, he replied: “Either I’m drunk, or you’re two-headed”.
Published by Latina et Graeca.