Well, there's a really funny one. A guy went to a costume party dressed as a 'ceiling fan'. When people asked him how he was doing, he just stood there and said 'I'm going around in circles, how do you think I'm doing?'. Another story is about a cat that got into a box of flour and then ran around the house leaving white paw prints everywhere, making it look like a mini snowstorm had hit the place. And there's this story of a group of ducks that followed a man home because he had a bag of breadcrumbs that he was constantly dropping.
Here are some. There was a little old lady who thought her microwave was a time - traveling device. She would put different things in it and wait for them to come out 'from the future'. Another story involves a dog that chased its own tail so much that it ended up getting dizzy and falling asleep right where it was. Also, there's a short story about a man who tried to teach his goldfish to play basketball by putting a tiny hoop in the fish tank.
Sure. 'The Ransom of Red Chief' by O. Henry is a great one. A couple of kidnappers take a boy, but he turns out to be such a wild and unruly brat that they end up paying the boy's father to take him back. It's full of unexpected twists and turns that are really humorous.
Sure. One short comedy story is about a clumsy magician. He was trying to make a rabbit disappear but instead made his own hat disappear and the rabbit ended up sitting on his head. It's really funny.
Mark Twain's 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' is also a classic comedy short story. It tells the story of a man who bets on a frog's jumping ability. But his opponent cheats by filling the frog with lead shot. The story is told in a humorous and folksy way.
Well, 'Bridget Jones's Diary' is a very funny romantic comedy story. Bridget is this clumsy, endearing character who writes in her diary about her attempts at finding love, dieting disasters, and dealing with an annoying boss. Also, 'Notting Hill' is quite good. A famous actress and a normal bookstore owner fall in love in a really cute and comical way.
There is a Tamil short comedy story where a man who claims to be a great cook but is actually really bad at it. He enters a cooking competition in his village. As he tries to cook, he mixes up all the ingredients and creates a complete mess in the kitchen. The expressions of the judges and the onlookers are what make this story so funny.
Sure. There is a story about a little boy who tries to teach his pet parrot to sing like a canary. He spends days making funny noises in front of the parrot, but the parrot just stares at him. One day, when the boy is singing really loudly, the parrot finally squawks back in a hilarious way that makes the whole family laugh.
One black comedy short story I like is 'The Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka. Gregor Samsa's transformation into a giant insect is a strange and dark concept. The way his family initially reacts and then how things progress has a touch of black humor in it. Also, 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman can be seen as having elements of black comedy in the way the narrator's mental state deteriorates in that strange room with the wallpaper.
Sure. 'The Magic Drum' is a great Malayalam comedy short story. It's about a magical drum that causes all sorts of hilarious chaos in a village. Another one is 'The Foolish Thief' which has a bumbling thief getting into comical situations while trying to steal. And 'The Talkative Barber' where the barber's non - stop chatter leads to many funny scenarios.
I like 'The Landlady' by Roald Dahl. It's a short story that combines horror and comedy well. The landlady seems so sweet at first, but then there are these really creepy undertones as it becomes clear she has some very strange and possibly deadly habits. And it has some comical moments in the way the main character naively interacts with her.
One popular Hindi short comedy story is about a clumsy detective. He is always getting into funny situations while trying to solve cases. For example, he once mistook a cat for a suspect and chased it all around the neighborhood, much to the amusement of the locals.