AnimalsJokes An Old Man Was Given A Mosquito Net To Sleep This Is Funny. One day in a village an old man was given a mosquito net to sleep under because during the rainy season there tend to be a lot of mosquitoes. Upon reaching the house, he went and tied the net out side his room and he went and slept in his room as usual. The next day he returns the net , reason being that it was not working, when ask how? He answered that despite providing them with their house yet they are still troubling him. Because mosquito net is called house of mosquitoes in his language . See more Previous joke In A Forest Creatures Race Against Each Other. Next joke The Little Johnny Ask 20 Pounds From His Mum.