Anecdote Examples

An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting account, which may depict a real incident or person. An anecdote is always presented as based in a real incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, usually in an identifiable place. However, over time, modification in reuse may convert a particular anecdote to a fictional piece, one that is retold but is "too good to be true". Sometimes humorous, anecdotes are not jokes, because their primary purpose is not simply to evoke laughter, but to reveal a truth more general than the brief tale itself, or to delineate a character trait in such a light that it strikes in a flash of insight to its very essence. Anecdotes are often mistaken for jokes, however, the two differ for example; a brief monologue beginning "A man pops in a bar..." will be a joke. A brief monologue beginning "Once J. Edgar Hoover popped in a bar..." will be an anecdote. When used in advertising or promotion of a product, service, or idea, anecdotes are often called a testimonials. The term is also sometimes used in a legal context to describe certain kinds of testimony. I never forget one day when I met a lady who was dying of cancer and I could see the way she was struggling with that terrible pain. And I said to her, I said, you know this is but the kiss of Jesus, a sign that you have come so close to Him on the cross that He can kiss you. And she joined her hands together and said, 'Mother Teresa, please tell Jesus to stop kissing me'.
Meaning: Mother Teresa often shared this personal anecdote to illustrate the joys of suffering. She explained her story by saying, "This is the joy of suffering, the kiss of Jesus. Do not be afraid to share in that joy of suffering with Him because He will never give us more suffering than we are able to bear." - Mother Teresa Stories Speeches Mother Teresa Inspirational

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Dory and I found ourselves in the Presidential Limousine one day returning from some big event.
My mother was there and dad was of course, thumbs upping the crowd along the way, and suddenly, looming in the window on his side of the car was this snarling face. This fellow was reviving an entirely different hand gesture. And hoisted an entirely different digit in our direction. Dad saw this and without missing a beat turned to us and said, "You see? I think it's catching on."
- Ronald Reagan Speeches Personal Ronald Reagan Funny

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A Chukcha comes into a shop and asks: "Do you have color TVs?" "Yes, we do." "Give me a green
one."
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A drunkard is searching for something under a streetlamp. A passerby asks: "What are you
searching for?" The drunkard responds: "My housekeys." They start searching together. Ten minutes later the passerby asks: "Are you sure you lost them here?" The drunkard says: "I lost them over there, but there's more light here."
Russian Humorous Funny

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The Bear, the Wolf, the Hare and the Vixen are playing cards. The Bear warns, shuffling: "No
cheating! If anyone is cheating, her smug red-furred face is gonna hurt!"

Russian Humorous Funny

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After the tragic death of a Russian official, Russian authorities concluded that he was murdered by
three CIA agents. According to a reliable source, their names were Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, and Johnny Walker.
Russian Humorous Funny

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A woman is explaining the kind of man she wants at a dating service:
"He has to be polite, he has to have various interests, he has to know how to have a good conversation, he has to know whats going on around the world, and he has to never interrupt me." "You dont need a man, madam, you need a TV!"
Russian Humorous Funny

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It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day
and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.
Meaning: The protagonist contemplates his reasoning for taking the life of an old man and gives a personal account of his feelings toward his neighbor. - Edgar Allan Poe (Poem: The Tell-Tale Heart) Personal Stories Edgar Allan Poe Samples

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I took the clock down from the shelf;
"At eight," said I, "I shoot myself." It lacked a minute of the hour, And as I waited all a-cower, A skinful of black, boding pain, Bits of my life came back again. . . .
- Robert W Service (Poem: Death in the Arctic) Personal Stories Robert W Service Samples

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When I was little my Mom would make my siblings and I drink this atrocious medicine every year
around this time to make sure that we didn't get sick, i.e. catch a cold.
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I remember spending long hot sunny Summer holidays at the seaside or at the park. As young and
adventurous children, we would spend hours climbing trees in the nearby woods or scouring the beaches for seashells. It was glorious.
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Cary Grant is said to have been reluctant to reveal his age to the public, having played the youthful
lover for more years than would have been appropriate. One day, while he was sorting out some business with his agent, a telegram arrived from a journalist who was desperate to learn how old the actor was. It read: HOW OLD CARY GRANT? Grant, who happened to open it himself, immediately cabled back: OLD CARY GRANT FINE. HOW YOU?
Personal Samples

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A young man lies desperately ill in intensive care. Every treatment the doctors try is unsuccessful
and his condition worsens every day. His family turns to unconventional treatments and over the objections of his doctors he is given a extremely high dose of a vitamin. Overnight his condition improves and in a few days he is out of intensive care and well on the road to recovery. This case is widely reported in the media.
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Two unrelated people living on the same street are diagnosed with an extremely rare type of
leukaemia. Their families appear on a live TV talk show and blame the power pylons above their homes. The host opens up the phone lines. Three people call in who have leukaemia. All three live under power pylons.
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Churchill had a poodle named Rufus. Rufus was so loved that he even ate in the dining room with
the rest of the family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal. One evening Churchill was watching the film Oliver Twist and Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards
- Sir Winston Churchill Famous Sir Winston Churchill

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Joking with Doyle during a rehearsal for one of his plays, a young three-pound-a-week actor called
Charlie suggested that he and Sir Arthur should pool their incomes and take half each for the rest of their lives. Though amused by the proposal, Doyle declined for obvious reasons. "I don't think so, Mr. Chaplin," he replied.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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"Promise me solemnly," I said to her as she lay on what I believed to be her death bed, "if you find
in the world beyond the grave that you can communicate with methat there is some way in which you can make me aware of your continued existence...promise me solemnly that you will never, never avail yourself of it."

She recovered and never, never forgave me.

Meaning: Excerpt from Samuel Butler's Diary. - Samuel Butler Famous Samuel Butler

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Mark Twain loved to brag about his hunting and fishing exploits. He once spent three weeks fishing
in the Maine woods, regardless of the fact that it was the state's closed season for fishing. Relaxing in the lounge car of the train on his return journey to New York, his catch iced down in the baggage car, he looked for someone to whom he could relate the story of his successful holiday. The stranger to whom he began to boast of his sizable catch appeared at first unresponsive, then positively grim. "By the way, who are you, sir?" inquired Twain airily. "I'm the state game warden," was the unwelcome response. "Who are you?" Twain nearly swallowed his cigar. "Well, to be perfectly truthful, warden," he said hastily, "I'm the biggest damn liar in the whole United States."
- Mark Twain Famous Mark Twain

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Gandhiji gave a lecture to a select gathering of maharajahs, exhorting them to give up their money
and possessions and embrace a life of poverty and simplicity. One by one his distinguished audience slid out until there was nobody left except (as Gandhiji said) "God, the chairman, and myself." After another few minutes the chairman himself melted away. "Poor fellow," observed Gandhi, "he must have been very uncomfortable in that strange company."
- Mahatma Gandhi Famous Mahatma Gandhi

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Jason said that that was all cool and everything, but his grandfather smoked, like, 30 cigarettes a
day and lived until 97 - so don't believe everything you read about meta analyses of methodologically sound studies showing proven causal relationships.
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Anecdote Meaning

An anecdote is a short story, usually serving to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a topic. Generally, the anecdote will relate to the subject matter that the group of people is discussing. Anecdotes cover a wide variety of stories and tales, especially since they can be about basically any subject under the sun.

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