What are the most interesting funny ESL stories you know?

A funny one is when a kid wrote a letter to Santa asking for a real live reindeer. When Christmas morning came and there was no reindeer, the kid was so disappointed that he tried to put antlers on the family cat. It was quite a hilarious sight.

The interaction between the human characters and the ghosts can be really interesting. In some stories, the humans and ghosts end up becoming friends. They might communicate in a funny way, like the ghost using broken English to tell its story. And also, how the ghosts' presence affects the normal situation is interesting. For instance, a ghost that haunts a coffee shop and starts making coffee in a very strange but effective way for the customers. It adds an element of surprise and humor to the story.

One funny ESL story is about a student who confused 'chicken' and 'kitchen'. When the teacher asked what he had for dinner, he said 'I ate kitchen for dinner'. Another is a student who thought 'pregnant' meant 'fat' and told a lady she looked very 'pregnant' when he just wanted to say she was overweight. And there's also the story of a student who mispronounced 'sheet' as 'shit' and caused quite a bit of embarrassment in class.

There's a story about a kikuyu boy who thought he could fly like a bird. He climbed up a tree and jumped, flapping his arms wildly. Fortunately, he landed in a big bush and was unhurt but looked extremely comical.

A tweaker once decided to tweak his TV remote. He ended up changing all the buttons' functions so that when he pressed the volume up, it changed the channel, and vice versa. It took him weeks to figure out how to fix it.

There's a story about a narrator at a historical reenactment. He was supposed to be serious but he accidentally mixed up the names of two important historical figures. Instead of talking about King Henry VIII, he started talking about King Henry VI and gave all these wrong details in a really animated way. It was hilarious.

A tree in a garden grew in such a way that it formed a natural arch. One day, a cat chased a mouse and the mouse ran right through the arch of the tree. The cat, being a bit clumsy, ran into the tree trunk instead. It was a hilarious sight as the cat was left dazed while the mouse got away.

I know a story where a man was sued by his own pet parrot. Well, not really by the parrot, but the parrot's owner who claimed that the man's loud music made the parrot start swearing and she couldn't stop it. She wanted compensation for the 'ruined' parrot. Also, there was a case where a woman sued a hair salon because she didn't like the way her hair looked after a haircut. She argued that it was a form of false advertising as the pictures in the salon showed much better results. It was a really petty lawsuit.

Well, there is this story. A bee accidentally flew into a photographer's camera lens while he was trying to take a picture of a meadow. The resulting photo had a very blurry bee in the middle. Later, when the photographer saw it, he found it so funny and named the photo 'The Intruding Bee'. This photo actually became quite popular among his friends.

There is a story about a fireman. He was training new recruits. During a drill, he told them to always check their oxygen tanks. One recruit didn't listen carefully. When they entered the'smoke - filled' building (it was just for training), the recruit's oxygen alarm went off. He started panicking. But it turned out he just forgot to turn off the alarm test mode. Everyone had a good laugh, but also learned a serious lesson.