Collection of Funny Short Stories

Mystery of the Falling Neighbor

One day, a tired cab driver stepped into his apartment after a long day of work. He closed the door behind him and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He walked into the kitchen and poured the left over coffee into an old mug and leaned on the counter, taking a large gulp of the coffee as he did. He spat it down the drain. Cold and stale. Then something started crashing around next door.

“Keep it down over there!” he yelled angrily at the wall. Then he muttered under his breath, “A freak of nature, that's what he is, a freak of nature.”

Suddenly the crashing began again. He ran to the window and pulled it open, bending out to yell into his neighbor's open window.

“I said keep it down, id-” he stopped short as his neighbor flew out of the window, toppling to the ground eight stories below.

He blinked for a few seconds before fully realizing the situation. When he did, he jerked back into his dank apartment and slammed the window. Then he ran to the door and yanked it open, shutting it loudly behind him. He ran to his neighbor's door and pulled on it. It was locked. He turned to go get the police, but found them standing right behind him.

“Oh, good, you're here! I just saw my neighbor-” he was interrupted by the head police.

“I think we've seen enough. Boys, lock him up. I'll search the apartment,” the head police said, kicking down the door.

“Wait, I'm innocent! I'm his neighbor, George!” he yelled.

“That's what all culprits say, George,” the head police said before walking in the broken door.

They pulled George to jail and threw him into a jail cell. Then they left him there until well into the night. Then, while George was sleeping fitfully sleeping on the cot in the cell, the head policeman opened the cell door and woke him up.

“You're free to go,” the policeman said, red faced.

“Did you catch the actual culprit?” George asked.

“Yes,” the policeman said.

Extremely embarrassed, he held up a white cat.

“He apparently tripped on his cat while trying to play one-man ping-pong,” the policeman said, trying to keep a straight face.