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-2 Requests(유언장에 기록할 두 가지 요청사항)- An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. 어떤 노부인이 유언장을 준비하기로 하고 교회 목사에게 두 가지의 마지막 요청사항이 있다고 말했다. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-M..

After the birth of their child, an Episcopal priest, wearing his clerical collar, visited his wife in the hospital. (어느 목회자부부의 아이출산 후, 영국 성공회 목회자인 남편이 목회자 복장을 한 채 병원에 있는 자기의 부인을 방문했다.) He greeted her with a hug and a kiss, and gave her another hug and kiss when he left. (그는 자..

My husband is wonderful with our baby daughter, but often he turns to me for advice. 내 남편은 우리 딸 애기한테 참 잘 하는데, 종종 조언을 구하려고 내게 묻는다. Recently, I was in the shower when he poked his head in to ask, "What should I feed Lily for lunch?" 최근에, 내가 샤워를 하고 있는데 남편이 머리를 쑥 내밀고 묻기를,..

A father said to his son, "When Abe Lincoln was your age, he was studying books by the light of the fireplace." 어떤 아버지가 아들에게 말하기를, “에이브레이험 링컨 대통령이 네 나이 땐 난로불빛으로 책을 공부했었단다.” The son replied, "When Lincoln was your age, he was President." 그러자 아들이 대답하기를, “링컨이 ..

After tucking their three-year-old child Sammy in for bed one night, his parents heard sobbing coming from his room. 어느 날 밤, 잠을 재우려 3살 먹은 아기 새미에게 이불을 덮어준 뒤에, 애기 엄마 아빠는 아기방으로부터 우는 소리를 들었다. Rushing back in, they found him crying hysterically. He managed to tell them that he had swallow..

Every Christmas, composer Giacomo Puccini would have a cake baked for each of his friends. 작곡가 푸치니는 매년 크리스마스가 되면, 자기 친구들에게 줄 케이크를 굽도록 주문하곤 했다. One year, having quarreled with Arturo Toscanini just before Christmas, he tried to cancel the order for the conductor's cake. 어느 해, 크리스..

A dying granny tells her granddaughter, "I want to leave you my farm. That includes the villa, the tractor, and other equipment, the farmhouse and $22,398,750.78 in cash." 막 돌아가시려는 할머니께서 자기 손녀에게 말하시기를, “나는 네게 농장을 유산으로 남기려 한단다. 그 농장에는 빌라와 트랙터 그리고 다른 장비들이 있고, 농장주택..

A young man looking to get married asked his friend. "Every woman I bring home to meet my parents, my mother doesn't like." 결혼을 앞둔 한 젊은 친구가 자기 친구에게 물었다. “우리 부모님에게 선을 뵈러 집으로 데려오는 아가씨마다 울 엄마가 다 싫어하니 어쩌지?” "Oh, that's easy," his pal replied. "All you have to do is find someone who is ju..

"It's no good, sir," said the hopeless pupil to his English teacher. "I try to learn, but everything you say goes in both ears and out the other." “선생님, 아무런 효과가 없어요. 나는 배우려고 노력은 하지만, 선생님이 말하는 것은 전부 다 양쪽 귀로 들어와서는 다른 귀로 나가버려요.”라고, 희망이라곤 없는 학생 한 명이 자기 영..

Friend: "I suppose you carry a memento of some sort in that locket of yours?" 어떤 부인의 친구: “아마도 당신 함에 기념이 될 뭔가를 옮기고 있나 보군요?” Woman: "Yes, it's a lock of my husband's hair." 부인: “그렇습니다. 이건 제 남편의 머리카락을 담은 함입니다.” Friend: "But your husband is still alive." 부인친구: “그런데 당신..