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Suzie’s House 139: To Apologize
“I can’t believe you did that,” Lisa said. “How can you blame Gene for wanting a place of his own?” “A place.” When Ben thought of a place, he saw a bachelor’s apartment full of junk, beer, and women’s underwear like he’d seen in a movie or two. So far as he could guess, his mom’s house would never look anything like that. “This is his home, isn’t it?” Lisa was on a roll and showing no signs of letting […]
Jack and Jill Paint the House
As if climbing up the file cabinet to get the paint last week wasn’t bad enough. This week Jill wants to actually use the paint. Jack: You want me to paint WHAT? Jill: Come on, Jack. You can see for yourself it’s just primer. We have to paint it soon. The real estate lady said so. Jack: By “we” you wouldn’t happen to mean you, would you? Jill: You don’t really expect ME to get on the roof, do you? Do you have any […]
