What the two behind stand for!
A teacher was instructing a class in English and called on a small boy named Jimmy Brown.
"James," she said, "write on the board, 'Richard can ride the mule if he wants to.'"
"Now," continued the teacher when Jimmy had finished writing, "can you find a better form for that sentence?"
"Yes, ma'am, I think I can," was the prompt answer. "'Richard can ride the mule if the mule wants him to.'"
A mule-skinner in France was trying to drive a mule, with a wagon load, through a hospital gate. The mule would do anything but pass through the gate.
"Want any 'elp, chum?" shouted one of the hospital orderlies.
"No," replied the driver; "but I'd like to know how Noah got two of these blighters into the Ark!"