1. MR. BIG WORDS
A man after studying in America for several years only returned to Ghana to speak in big words. One day when his house was on fire, he shouted to his neighbours:
“MULTITUDE, MULTITUDE, A GARGANTUAN CONFLAGRATION IS CONSUMING MY DOMICILIARY EDIFICE” with no response, he had to come down to say:
“People, people a great fire is destroying my house”. Before his neighbours could rush to his aid, his house was in ashes.

2. KOFIVI, The Mathematician.
In Akwanyo a village in the Volta Region, this is what transpired between the class four teacher and Kofivi, the son of the local alcohol (akpeteshie) seller in a class.
Teacher: When one is divided by two, what do you get?
Kofivi: Half.
Teacher: What about half divided by two?
Kofivi: Quarter.
Teacher: Finally, Quarter divided by two?
Kofivi: (Thought for a while), Tot.

3. EQUALITY
Equality is a myth- women are better.
Q: What happened when women stood up for their rights on the bus?
A: They lost their seats on the bus.

4. A young man after eating so much exclaimed, “When I grow up, I want to be a little boy”.

5. I CAN DO ALL THINGS.
A pastor visited a church member who was at that time at her dining table. On seeing the “mountainous” amount of food before the woman, the pastor asked: Akosua, can you consume all these?
Member: Oh, pastor, you seem to have forgotten the scriptures; I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Moreover, it’s not by might nor by any power but by the spirit.

6. FIGURE IT OUT.
A man went to the University for Development Studies (UDS) to be interviewed for admission. He found the question very difficult to answer. The professor showed him a bird with its body covered with cloth and asked him to look at the birds’ feet to figure it out.
The interviewer, having forgotten to ask the name of the interviewee when he arrived, now asked him his name while the man was seriously thinking of how to get the name of the bird. In frustration, the interviewee asked the wicked professor to look at his feet and tell his name.

7. A DIALOGUE @ SCHOOL
A first year student met a third year student at a training college for the first time.
Senior: What is your name?
Junior: Thy servant’s name is Hayford Newman.
Senior: What is your mission here?
Junior: Thy servant seeketh training as teacher.
Senior: What work does your father do?
Junior: Thy servant’s father pastoreth a church.
Senior: No wonder you have total control over the typical Biblical (King James) English language.

8. KOO AND ATINGA
Koo and Atinga both hunters went on a hunting expedition, after a long time not even snails were spotted. On their way home, they saw a dead rat. Each felt shy to take it and so each planned secretly to come back for it when they depart at the junction leading to their respective homes. After departure, I was moving for a bit, they started running at top speed from different directions. At the place where the dead rat was they collided. This is what ensued between them.
Atinga: Koo na what you dey do for here?
Koo: It is because of the rat.
Atinga: Me too. Okay, let the oldest take the rat.
Koo: I was born on 11th September, 1900.
Atinga: Oh, that was the date my first born died.