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My diminutive aunt Flora, just four feet, nine inches tall, accepted an offer to visit a health club for a free session. After being greeted heartily, she was shown where she could change and told an instructor would soon be with her. Having changed her clothes, Aunt Flora went back to the exercise area. Along one wall she noticed a silver bar that was not in use, and decided to try her hand at ..

My 60-year-old mother-in-law, completing two years of wearing orthodontic braces, was in the office having them adjusted. As she sat in one of the waiting- room chairs, the teenager next to her looked at my mother-in-law in astonishment. "Wow," he said. "How long have you been coming here?" 치열교정기를 2년간 끼고 있던 60세 된 나의 장모가 그걸 조정하려고 치과병원에 갔다. 장모가 대기실 의자에 앉아 있을 때, 장모 옆에 있던 틴에이저가 놀란 표정으로 나의 장모를 바라보았다...

When a woman called 911 complaining of difficulty breathing, my husband, Glenn, and his partner (both EMTs) rushed to her home. Glenn placed a sensor on her finger to measure her pulse and blood oxygen. Then he began to gather her information. "What’s your age?" he asked. "Fifty-eight," answered the patient, eyeing the beeping device on her finger. "What does that do?" "It’s a lie detector," sai..

To my friend’s astonishment, a police car pulled up to her house and her elderly grand-father got out. The patrolman explained that the old gentleman had been lost in the city park and had asked for help. "Why, Grandfather," my friend said, "you’ve been going there for 40 years. How could you get lost?" The old man smiled slyly. "Wasn’t exactly lost," he admitted. "I just got tired of walking." ..

Her class assignment was to interview an "old person" about his life, so my niece asked me, "What was the biggest historical event that happened during your childhood?" "I’d have to say the moonwalk," I replied. She looked disappointed. "That dance was so important to you?" 그녀의 학교 숙제는 노인의 일생을 알아보기 위하여 노인을 인터뷰하는 것이었다. 그래서 나의 조카딸이 나에게 물었다, "큰아버지께서 어릴 때 일어난 가장 큰 역사적인 사건은 뭐였어요?" "문워크라고 말해야겠구나," 하고 내..

My nine-year-old daughter walked in while I was getting ready for work. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Putting on my wrinkle cream," I answered. "Oh," she said, walking away. "I thought they were natural." 내가 출근 준비를 하고 있을 때 나의 9살짜리 딸이 들어왔다. "엄마 뭐 하고 있어?" 하고 딸이 물었다. "주름 크림을 바르고 있어," 하고 내가 대답하였다. "아, 난 그 주름이 본래 있는 줄 알았어."라고 딸이 나가면서 말했다. [참고] * "wrinkle cream"은 "주름 방지용 크림"이지만 글자 그대로의 뜻은 "주름 크림"이..

My 45-year-old sister was attending the wedding of a childhood friend when she ran into people she hadn’t seen in years. How long exactly? One of them shouted, "Kathy, you got your braces off!" 45살이 되는 나의 누님이 어릴 적 친구의 결혼식에 참석했는데 그때 누님은 오랫동안 보지 못했던 사람들을 만났다. 정확히 얼마 만이야? 친구 중 한 사람이 소리쳤다, "캐시, 너 치아 교정기를 뗐구나!"

The three bears had been having some trouble recently and had ended up in family court. Mama and Papa bear were splitting up, and baby bear had to decide who he was going to live with. So, the judge wanted to talk to baby bear to see what he thought about living with either of his parents. When he asked baby bear about living with his father, baby bear said, "No, I can't live with Papa bear, he ..

I was having lunch with my daughter Rachel, who’s three, at our local mall and was feeling particularly macho for a 46-year-old. All morning, women had been smiling at me and giving me the eye. Getting up to leave the table, I ran my fingers through my hair and discovered two yellow-ducky barrettes that had been lovingly placed there hours before. 나는 3살짜리 딸 레이첼과 함께 동네 쇼핑센터에서 점심을 먹고 있었다, 그러고 나는 4..

The sight of my mother cleaning her dentures fascinated my young son. He sat riveted as she carefully took them out, brushed and rinsed them, and then popped them back in. "Cool, Grandma!" he said. "Now take off your arm." 나의 어머니가 의치를 청소하는 광경이 나의 어린 아들을 매료시켰다. 할머니가 의치를 조심스럽게 빼내어 솔질하고, 헹군 다음 다시 제 자리에 끼고 있을 때 아들은 못 박힌 듯 앉아 있었다. "멋져요, 할머니!" 하고 아들이 말했다, "이젠 할머니 팔을 빼보세요."