“Here’s to my broken home,” Jeff sadly clinked his beer with the bartender’s water glass. The bartender smiled.“Easy with the violin strings, Jeff. You’re 21 and your parents finally ended their rotten marriage. This is a good thing.” Jeff grabbed some peanuts. “I just hope I never meet a man as brutal as my father.”…
Joe staggered out of his favourite bar in the middle of the night. “Hey Joe, you okay?” the bar owner called after him. “Shall I call a taxi? You don’t look like you’re in any state to drive.” “S’awrite,” Joe answered as he staggered towards his car. “No money furra taxi. Donworry. Gonna sleep this…
Robert met Frank, his neighbor, at the shopping mall. “So how’s retirement?” asked Robert. Frank could only smile. “I should have done it 40 years ago!” he responded. “I can imagine,” continued Robert. “That’s how I felt last year when they gave me my gold watch. Not having to get up at 6 am to…
“So whadya think? Do we rent the place or do we still keep looking? It’s more expensive than we budgeted for.” Charlie frowned as he thought about what Sky had said. Finally he decided. “Let’s go for it, Sky. School’s starting soon, and it’s the best of the dumps that we’ve seen. As for the…
Marshall’s scream shattered the peace of the house. “I don’t believe it,” he yelled out. “Just disgusting!” Marshall’s wife ran into the kitchen. She found her husband furiously cutting out a picture from the daily paper. “Marshall, what’s the matter?” she asked. “You’ve got to calm down. Don’t forget what the doctor said. You’ve got…
