Reader\'s Digest - 04.2020

Truth in Advertising

In front of the grocery store, a bubbly Girl

Scout stood beside a table full of cookies.

“Please buy some cookies from me!” she

begged. “How much are they?” I asked.

“They’re $5 a box, except these two kinds

over here. They’re $6 a box.” Figuring there

must be something special about the two

$6 varieties, I asked why. “Well, these are

gluten-free,” the little girl replied. “What

about the others?” She beamed. “Oh, those

are overpriced!”

—Kathryn Thayer Spokane, Washington

“Man” of the Cloth

As a church worker, I

was sought out by many

people for informal

counseling. One single

mother often stopped by

to complain about all the

silly things that men do.

Splitting Hairs

I work with kids, and

I’d recently gotten

my hair cut. A little boy

named Jaiden asked,

“Miss Joanne, did you

get a haircut?” Trying

to be funny, I replied,

“I got ’em ALL cut.” He

looked at me quizzically

and asked, “What’s a

mall cut?”

—Joanne Rivera

ramona, california

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After one particularly

long tirade, she looked

directly into my eyes and

sweetly said, “Steve,

I hope you know I don’t

consider you a man.”

—Steve Johnson

oakley, kansas

16 april 2020 Illustration by Hallie Bateman

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