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ward off any potential

stomach troubles.

Instead, the doctor

prescribed bottled

water and electro-

lytes, “which have

simple sugars and salt.”

My daughter liked

that. “Oh,” she said,

“like a margarita?”

—Kaaryn Roberts

La Sal, Utah

On the phone with

my 93-year-old brother

in Wisconsin, and I told

him I thought it was

time he paid someone

to shovel snow for

him. He suddenly

grew indignant. “Why

should I pay someone

to shovel?” he de-

manded. “I can get

my son to do it. He’s

only 70!”

—David Groeschel

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

All I’m saying is, if we

had a dungeon, my

wife would decorate it

with throw pillows.

— @TheBoydP

(Boyd’s Backyard™)

Before heading off to

Mexico on vacation,

my daughter asked her

doctor for medicine to

Scene: A public bus in New York City.

Bus Driver: “Everyone remember to keep

your headphones plugged in. From the

looks of all of you, I can already tell I hate

your music taste.”

—instagram.com/overheardnewyork

“You keep giving me advice when what I need

is herbal tea and lemon bars.”

Reader’s Digest

20 dec 2018 )jan 2019 Cartoon by Phil Witte

LIFE

in these

United States