It's a shame that my Chinese is not as good as it once was. Everything was in Chinese for me when I was growing up. It's sad that the children are not grasping Chinese as well as Yin and I would want them too, but I guess we are both to blame for being too lax at times.
Anyhow, I remember Dad used to tell me jokes about 徐文长 when I was a kid. I'll try my very best to re-tell some of the jokes in Chinese, since it was Chinese that he used to tell me those jokes...
有一天，徐文长要渡江。江上只有一条船，但船已经快满了。徐文长问船夫：“可以载我一程麽?"
“船已经满了，等下一趟吧！” 船夫回答。
徐文长不想等，他灵机一动，对船夫说: “船夫老大，我这屁股是橄榄屁股，占的位子不多，你就让我上船吧。”
船夫想了一想: “噢，橄榄是尖的，应该不会占太多位子吧”，就回答: “年轻人，那好吧，你就上船吧。”
徐文长上了船，竟然躺了下来! 船夫很讶异，就说: “喂！你不是说你是橄榄屁股吗？你怎么躺下来呢？？？”
徐文长慢条斯理地回答： “老大，你有看过橄榄能自个儿站着的吗？你把一颗橄榄放在桌上，它马上倒下来，我这橄榄屁股不就也应该是那样吗？”
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