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email: [email protected]readersdigest.co.in 101Reader’s Digest“Don’t you mean
30 years younger?”
I asked.
“No. If I were 30 years
younger, I’d still never
have a chance with a
woman like that. If I
were 30 years older,
it wouldn’t bother
me so much.”
—John BertschlerLike any othercouple
my husband and I also
have our share of dif-
ferences. We mostly
agree to disagree. But
there is one issue on
which we never argue:
After the morning
alarm, if one of us
proposes, “Should
we skip our walk and
take rest?” the other
one, pulling the bed-
sheet over their head,
promptly replies, “OK,
let’s go tomorrow!”
— RATNA THakur,
New DelhiAmazon thinks my recent
humidifier purchase was merely
the inaugural move in a newfound
hobby of humidifier collecting.
— @justinshanesWHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE
TO COMMUNICATE
During a high-school
visit to France, I stayed
with a French family. One
night, I was unsure what
the meat on my dinner
plate was, so I pointed
to it and asked in my best
11th-grade French: “Qui
est-ce?” The family’s
expressions told me I
needed some tutoring.
Instead of asking ‘What
is it?’ as I had intended,
I’d asked ‘Who is it?’
—Brigitte BrulzAfter I paid for my items in
an adorable Italian shop,
the salesperson smiled
and said, “grazie”, Italian
for ‘thank you’. My Italian
isn’t very good, but I knew
that the Italian word for
‘you’re welcome’ was
the same as the name
of a spaghetti sauce.
So I confidently replied
“Ragú!” and walked outof the store. A few blocks
later, it hit me: I had the
wrong spaghetti sauce.
‘You’re welcome’ is ‘prego’.
—Theresa TurcotteWhile visiting Spain,
a friend of mine became
embarrassed about
something and let the
entire bar know by
shouting “Estoy muy
embarazada! Estoy
muy embarazada!”
Soon, she was even more
embarrassed. ‘Embara-
zada’ means ‘pregnant’.
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