Reader\'s Digest IN 02.2020

40 february 2020

Reader’s Digest

LIFE’S

Like That

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time that her oldest

daughter was due to give

birth to her first baby. On

the morning my friend

went into labour, I

happened to drive by her

house, wondering what

she’d had. A sign on the

front porch gave me my

answer: “It’s an Uncle!”

—Pam Lester

I love overhearing

pet owners talking to

their dogs. Recently,

I was petting a pup who

seemed happy until he

suddenly growled at

me. Alarmed, I got up

and left. As I turned a

corner, I heard his

owner quietly reproach

him: “You always do

this, Oscar. You drive

away all your friends.”

— @juliagalef

At the doctor’s office,

a 20-something man

was trying to make an

appointment for a

Mrs Brown. Try as he

might, he just could

not remember her

first name. Frustrated,

he left. A few minutes

later, I passed him

outside the office on

the phone.

“Hey, Dad,” he said.

“What’s Mom’s first

name?”

—James Secor

Trying to get online

at my mother-in-law’s,

I scrolled through

various internet access

names. One neigh-

bour’s Wi-Fi really

stood out: “You Kids

Get Off My LAN!”

—Nancy Lawson

A friend was due to give

birth around the same

Cartoon by Jon Carter