A few weeks ago I asked my wife, “How can I know if you’ll want toast with your breakfast? I never know whether to make it or not.” She replied, “When I wake up, I know whether I want toast. In fact, there’s usually a reason — but that would be a lot to explain. [...]
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Most mornings I drive my son to school. Leaving the school, I come to an intersection where buses are also heading elsewhere. Often one or two big yellow buses are waiting at the stop sign. I can drive past them; instead I usually stop my car, blocking my line of traffic, and wave at them [...]
We’re left to imagine that the “rival” is a kind, gifted and generous person. As for the person is speaking through the poem, imagination isn’t required. This is a remarkable spoof of the self.
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Why then does the cure always gets more attention?
I hope you were able to find the right tag — because if you want to “Link” with them on the popular networking site LinkedIn, those are the choices.
“Our speaker has told a joke. Unfortunately, it’s an English-language joke and it won’t translate into Korean. So please laugh now.”
President Obama relates during a speech that “A lot of people have asked, why is it you seem so calm?” The answer he provides is, remarkably, over 300 words in a single sentence.
The knife is attached to the table with a length of chain, so you can use it while sitting at your spot. It’s one knife per table.
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