# The Funny Bone: Short Stories and Amusing Anecdotes for a Dull Hour Author: Kieffer, Henry Martyn, 1845-1930 [Editor] Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44643 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Funny+Bone%3A+Short+Stories+and+Amusing+Anecdotes+for+a+Dull+Hour+Kieffer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary A good after-dinner speech 16 Afternoon teas 174 Alexander 46 Almost won the bet 23 Any port in a storm 34 Artemus Ward at the theatre 159 Awful lot of practice, an 135 Axioms 14 Bashful bridegroom, a 84 Boo! 96 Boomerang stories 113 Brandied peaches 63 Business boy, a promising 117 Chief end of man, the 173 Clerical corkscrew, a 172 College trick, a 31 Colored apostles 94 Costly dodge, a 164 Couldn't catch up 47 Couldn't help crying 164 Cranky couple, a 69 Cure for snoring, sure 78 Deacon balked, the 180 Delirious 136 Difference without distinction, a 176 Disturbing the solemnity 49 Doing the dons 187 "Dollars to doughnuts" 66 Dutch conundrum, a 91 Eccentric great man, an 138 Echo, the 5... ## Chapters - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-funny-bone-short-stories-and-amusing-anecdotes-for-a-dull-hour-44643/chapters/8/index.md)