| 1379  11  10   
 | Paris is a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.  | 
		
		
			| 1473  14  12   
 | She was sick and tired of marriage. She didn't want to be a mother, but now she was.  | 
		
		
			| 1408  16  14   
 | “Easter’s coming,” my wife says. “Should I dress as a bunny or a chicken?” she asks. She means for the costume party.  | 
		
		
			| 1404  13  11   
 | I stomped up the steps clearing my shoes of snow. I was wearing my Rooskie fur hat with the ear flaps, and I kept it on when I went inside. | 
		
		
			| 1543  15  16   
 | He didn't hide it. He told her he was a mortician when he called. He had responded to her ad in the Lonely Hearts section of the newspaper. | 
		
		
			| 1500  16  14   
 | One day we turn a corner, and two fat little doggies spot us and come running up. Oh, they are so glad to see us!  | 
		
		
			| 1375  8  8   
 | I roll over on the gurney or bed or whatever they call it and pull down my pants and underpants. The nurse gives me a shot in each cheek. | 
		
		
			| 58  7  8   
 | All the dog owners stood with their dogs at the starting line.  | 
		
		
			| 1759  22  16   
 | Maybe she would get married and have a baby, she said. Not with me, I said | 
		
		
			| 1667  16  15   
 | When I died, she said, she was going to have me cremated and put my ashes in the cats’ litter box.  | 
		
		
			| 55  5  3   
 | “Easter’s coming,” my wife says. “Should I dress as a bunny or a chicken?” she asks.  | 
		
		
			| 1462  16  14   
 | Dinner conversation reminds me of the chatter of birds. Happy talk. Nothing real.  | 
		
		
			| 1527  11  9   
 | They both have an annoying habit.  She talks to him while she's in another room, and he doesn't answer because he can't hear what she's saying.  | 
		
		
			| 1552  13  11   
 | As I go by I see five, six high school kids standing on the corner waiting for the bus. They are huddled together like a bunch of ducks.... | 
		
		
			| 1405  14  12   
 | You call your wife. “Do you see what I see?” you ask. |