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Saturday, July 23, 2005

CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?


Mr. S. and Mrs. S., although fond of one another, live in very different worlds. Here is a snippet from a telephone conversation between the two of them this morning. Can this marriage be saved?


Mr. S.: We can’t fly to Baghdad today. Sandstorm.

Mrs. S.: I had to push the dog off the bed in the middle of the night. He was taking up too much space.

Mr.S.: We’re served dinner in a State dining room on a table set for fifty.

Mrs. S.: Takeout Taxi was late delivering my Hamburger Hamlet Special. I got a ten-dollars-off-your-next-order coupon.

Mr. S.: I’m drafting language about the human rights of the Kurdish people.

Mrs. S.: I finished my piece for the Garrett Park Bugle on the Fourth of July parade.
Posted at: 7/23/2005 09:57:00 AM