What is a Stable?

Every Christmas morning, when my kids were little, I read them the nativity story out of the big family bible.  When my son was old enough to talk, he asked me what a stable was.  
I thought for a moment how to explain it to him in terms he could understand, then told him, "It's something like your sister's room, but without a stereo!"

Russian Econ 101

A young boy goes to his father in Russia
The boy asks "Papa, could I please have 5 rubles" Papa is surprised and asks "20 rubles? Why do you need 50 rubles?"

Proud Father

Big Lorenzo, an Italian fella, is bragging to his friends about his sons: "I'ma so prouda my oldest son. He maka fifty thousand dollar evra year. Hesa Engineer!" "I even more prouda ma second son. He maka five hundred thousand dollar a year. Hesa Doctor!" "But, I'ma da proudest a ma youngest son. He maka Five million dollar a year. Hesa Sports Mechanic!" Paolo, his friend asks: "What's a Sports Mechanic?" Lorenzo replies: "Wella, he can fixa everytin. He fixa da horseraces, he fixa da boxin matcha..."