Once, a burglar broke into a house. He was looking for valuables when he accidentally stepped on a squeaky toy. The noise scared him so much that he ran out of the house without taking anything.
Once, a burglar broke into a house. He was looking for valuable things but all he found was a room full of teddy bears. He got so spooked that he ran out, thinking it was some kind of strange collector's lair. Well, it was just a little girl's room.
There was a pickpocket in a busy market. He targeted a man with a big wallet in his back pocket. He slyly reached for it but didn't notice that the man was standing near a table with a large stack of plates. As he yanked the wallet, he bumped into the table, and all the plates came crashing down. Everyone turned to look, and he was caught red - handed while trying to escape through the broken plates.
In a small town, a man reported his car stolen. The police found it the next day parked right in front of the man's house. It turned out that the man had just forgotten where he parked it after a night of partying and assumed it was stolen. It was quite a laughable situation for the police.
There was a pickpocket at a crowded fair. He slipped his hand into a man's pocket but found only a bunch of feathers. Turns out the man was a poultry farmer and had some feathers in his pocket for some reason. The pickpocket was so disappointed.
Sure. There was a con artist who tried to sell a 'magic' potion that could make people fly. He found a gullible customer and convinced him to pay a large sum of money for it. The customer drank it and of course didn't fly. When he demanded his money back, the con artist said he must not have believed hard enough. But the customer was so angry that he chased the con artist all around town until he caught him and got his money back. The con artist ended up with a bruised ego and no money.
There might be a story where a little kid mistakes a mop for a giant's hair. He tries to comb it with a tiny comb and the sight is hilarious. In '101 funny short stories', there are many such simple yet funny scenarios that can make you chuckle. For example, a man who accidentally wears his shirt backwards and goes out without noticing, and then wonders why everyone is looking at him strangely.
There was a guy who tried to steal a bike that was chained to a pole. Instead of using bolt cutters or any proper tool, he tried to pull it apart with his bare hands for hours. Eventually, he was caught red - handed when the owner came back. It was so stupid because he could have easily been seen and he didn't even have a proper plan for stealing.
One funny crime story is about a burglar. He broke into a house and started looking for valuables. But he accidentally set off the alarm system. Instead of running away, he panicked and hid in the closet. When the police came, they searched everywhere and finally found him curled up in the closet, shivering with fear.
Here's one. A man attempted to rob a bank. He handed the teller a note that said 'Give me all your money or I'll shoot.' But the teller couldn't read his handwriting and asked him to repeat it. So frustrated, he shouted it out loud which immediately attracted the security guards and he was arrested before he could do anything.