16-07-13 A young girl sees her father in the shower and asks what his testicles are, Those are the Apples of the Tree of Life, he tells her, by way of poetic concealment. She tells this to her mother, who replies, Did he say anything about that dead branch t...
16-06-22 Can I see my baby? the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born...
16-06-04 A friend was trying to encourage his elderly mother to enjoy the money, she had accumulated through frugal living. Mother, he said, you have enough money to last you until youre a hundred. And then whatll I do? she replied. 一位朋友试图劝他的老妈妈...
16-05-14 Hello, everybody. In our house, everybody knows that President is only the third-most important job in the family. So this weekend, Im going to take a little extra time to say thank you to Michelle for the remarkable way she does the most important...
16-04-22 Well, Sam, Ill tell you how it is, you see, I married a widow, and this widow had a daughter. Then my farther, being a widower, married our daughter, so you see my father is my own son in-law. Yes, I see. Then again my step-daughter is my step-mothe...
16-04-21 He was driving home one evening, on a two lane country road. Work in this small mid-western community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit looking. Ever since the factory closed, hed been unemployed, and with winter raging o...
16-04-05 This woman has only herself to blame if her latest marriage fails. 要是目前这桩婚事出现什么问题,这名新娘可怪不了别人。 Beautiful Existence -- a 42-year-old mother of two from Seattle who legally changed her name from Desiree Longabaugh -- spent $7,...
16-04-05 Mr. Bumble sat in the workhouse parlour, with his eyes moodily fixed on the cheerless grate, whence, as it was summer time, no brighter gleam proceeded, than the reflection of certain sickly rays of the sun, which were sent back from its cold and sh...
16-04-03 Partricia Pania never wanted to be a national public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and a homemaker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist district by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The...
16-03-26 While the rest of us would curtsy and formally call Britains Queen Elizabeth, Your Majesty, little Prince George has a more informal name for her. The chubby-cheeked toddler, who turns 3 this summer, has quite the close relationship with the monarch...