Present
Morris ran into Jacob while shopping at the mall the other day in front of one of the jewelry stores. Noticing a conspicuously small gift wrapped box in his hand, Morris asked if was a gift for Jacob’s wife Becky.
Jacob told Morris, “With her birthday coming up, I asked Becky what she wanted and she said, “Oh, I don’t know just give me something with lots of diamonds in it.”
“So what did you get her?” Morris asked.
Jacob smiled and replied, “I bought her a deck of cards.”
“Toaster Request”
When my son was two or three and learning the ways of life, he watched me place some bread in both slots of our toaster so that it would be ready to cook just before serving.
Considering the opportunity, he pulled a chair to the counter and politely asked, “Mommy, may I flush the toaster?”
Menu interpretation
We were eating at one of the trendier restaurants in town when my friend pointed to the menu and told the waitress, “I’ll have the 240.”
“Uh, Jim,” I whispered, “that’s the price, not the meal number.”
“Oh,” he said. “In that case give me the 35.”
