[00:00.00]Unit 5 Home and Family
[00:13.87]Waiting(E)
[00:16.43]Mr.and Mrs.Clark decided to separate
[00:21.16]Before being allowed to do so legally
[00:25.21]the Family Court insisted they undergo some counseling
[00:29.96]from the marriage counselor
[00:33.12]to see if their union could be saved
[00:37.28]The counselor did her hest,but it didn't work.
[00:41.72]Mr.and Mrs.Clark made up their minds to go through with the separation
[00:47.28]leading to divorce
[00:50.52]Finally,the counselor said,"But you're 95 and your wife is 93.
[00:57.78]You've been married for 72 years!Why do you want to separate now?"
[01:03.74]Mr.Clark replied:
[01:06.80]"We haven't been able to stand each other for the last 46 years.
[01:11.94]But we thought we should wait until all the children died before we split up."
[01:17.22]Thanksgiving(M)
[01:19.86]Mr.Hunter calls his son in Boston.
[01:24.22]The old man says,"Son,I hate to bring you the bad news...
[01:31.45]but your mother and I,we are getting a divorce
[01:36.29]The son is surprised,"What?You can't!"
[01:41.93]Mr.Hunter says,"I'm sorry,son!Forty-five years of misery is enough!
[01:50.18]Now,I am sick of talking about it,
[01:54.13]call your sister and tell her!"And he hangs up.
[01:59.48]The son,nearly in tears,calls his sister in New York,"Sis,"he says,
[02:07.24]"you're not going to believe this!Mom and dad are getting a...a...divorce!"
[02:14.50]"What?!"she shouts on the phone
[02:18.66]"Oh,no.They aren't!You stay put.I'll call you right back!"And she hangs up.
[02:28.09]The sister calls the parents in Los Angels,"You two are not getting a divorce"
[02:35.66]Mr.Hunter says,"Honey,listen..."
[02:40.03]The daughter says,"No,you listen!You are not getting a divorce!
[02:46.19]You know what?You don't do anything!I'm calling brother back.
[02:51.86]We'll be there tomorrow!Don't do anything."And she hangs up.
[02:57.50]Mr.Hunter hangs uup calmly,looks at Mrs.Hunter,and says,
[03:02.96]"Well, they are coming for Thanksgiving and are paying their own fares.
[03:08.71]What shall we tell them on Christmas?"
[03:12.24]Angry Wife(D)
[03:15.29]Jim and Frank are having fun in a party one night
[03:20.96]when jim looks at Frank and says,
[03:25.51]"I have to get home,or my wife is going to kill me."
[03:31.07]Frank says,"What?Are you kidding me?My wife lets me do whatever I want."
[03:39.90]Jim says,"I know,I know,"embarrassed that his wife controls him
[03:48.26]He continues,"I try to sneak past her every time
[03:54.50]I drive really slowly down the street
[03:59.78]and turn the headlights off 100 yards short my driveway
[04:06.33]Fifty feet shortI turn off the engine so that I can coast in.
[04:14.20]I shut the car door gently,open the front door to the house quietly
[04:21.56]take off my boots so I can go up the stairs in my socks
[04:28.33]and sneak through the bedroom door and he sat up all night watching me."
[04:32.59]But as soon as I hit the bed ,she is up screaming at me."
[04:38.47]Frank laughs and replies,"There is your problem.
[04:45.02]Let me tell you what I do.Every time I go home late at night,
[04:51.87]I drive fast down my street,
[04:56.44]bump into the garage door and slam the car door shut.
[05:02.89]Then I kick open the front door,stomp up the stairs,
[05:08.95]swing the bedroom door open,and jump up on the bed.
[05:14.59]Then I shout to my wife,'Hey,honey,where's my dinner?'
[05:20.34]She's sleeping every time I say it."
[05:25.02]Unit 6 Jobs and Occupations
[05:40.17]A Job Interview(E)
[05:43.64]Reaching the end fo a job interview
[05:48.50]the interviewer asked a young accountant fresh out of college
[05:54.66]"And what starting salary were you looking for?"
[06:00.02]The accountant said,"About $100,000 a year,depending on the benefits package."
[06:09.58]The interviewer said,"Well,what would you say to a package of 5 weeks'vacation
[06:17.44]14 paid holidays,full health insurance a retirment fund for 50% of your salary
[06:27.29]and a company car leased every 2 years?"
[06:32.33]The accountant sat up straight and said,"Wow!Are you kidding?"
[06:39.18]And the interviewer replied,"Yeah,but you started it."
[06:45.84]Test (M)
[06:48.58]Fred and Eric were computer programmers,
[06:54.43]and they applied for a single position at a computer company
[07:01.09]They both had the same qualifications
[07:06.97]In order to determine which individual to hire,
[07:12.72]the manager asked them to take a test.
[07:17.89]Upon completion of the test,both men missed only one of the questions
[07:26.96]The manager went to Fred and said,"Thank you for your interest
[07:33.62]but we've decided to give the job to the other applicant."
[07:39.78]"And why would you do that?We both got nine questions correct,"asked Fred.
[07:47.96]"We have based our decision not on the correct answers
[07:54.72]but on the question you missed,"said the manager.
[08:00.29]"And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?"asked Frank.
[08:09.14]"Simple,"said the manager.
[08:13.51]"Your fellow applicant put down on question #5,'I don't know.'
[08:20.87]You put down,'Neither do I."
[08:25.91]Competing for a Job(M)
[08:29.28]A telephone company puts a want ad in the newspaper in order to recruit workers
[08:36.36]The next day,two groups of workers show up
[08:41.22]a crew of five men and a crew of five women
[08:46.08]The company cannot decide whom to give the job to,
[08:51.04]so they give the two groups a test
[08:54.70]The company boss says,
[08:58.75]"Each crew will receive a telephone pole that must be installed into the ground
[09:05.10]Whoever is able to get it done first will get the job."
[09:09.96]Both groups agree this is a fair test,
[09:14.40]so off they go in the company trucks
[09:18.65]with the long telephone poles sticking out the back
[09:23.33]At 5:00,the female crew returns.
[09:27.77]"Yes!"they shout."We came back first,so we get the job!!"
[09:33.62]"Good work,ladies,"says the boss.
[09:37.38]"However,we must wait until the other crew comes back
[09:42.74]to make sure the reason they're delayed is not because of traffic
[09:47.60]or the truck breaking down"Fine,no problem,"say the ladies.
[09:53.55]Finally,at 8:30,the male crew arrives.
[09:58.52]They are flushed and breating hard,as if they had just gone through hard labor.
[10:04.40]"What happened to you?What took you so long?"asks the boss.
[10:10.56]"What do you mean,'what took you so long'?Do we get the job?"
[10:15.52]"You get the job?No way!The ladies were back here hours ago!"
[10:21.79]"Well,of course they were,"say the men."They only put the pole in halfway!"
[10:27.96]Unit 7 People
[10:41.23]Larry and Two Cows(M)
[10:45.07]Larry had two cows,but he could never remember which was which
[10:52.23]He called Mary on the phone,and she suggested cut off the tip of one cow's tail
[11:02.07]which worked great until the other cow got his tail caught in a bush
[11:10.22]The second cow's tail tore in the same place
[11:16.10]and looked exactly like the other cow's tail
[11:21.35]Larry was stuck again
[11:25.11]Mary then suggested he notch the ear of one cow
[11:30.68]which workled fine until the other cow caught his ear on a barbed wire fence
[11:37.81]Once again.Larry couldn't tell the two cows apart
[11:44.26]Larry got Mary on the phone again,and she then measure the cows for height
[11:54.42]When he did that,
[11:58.68]Larry was very pleased to find the fat cow two inches taller than the lean one.
[12:07.54]Wade and 168 Duckings (M)
[12:13.39]Wade was riding a bike in the countryside
[12:17.62]and he stopped to let a flock of little ducklings pass
[12:22.16]Admiring the cute little fluffy birds,he said to the farmer,
[12:27.31]"If I can guess how many ducklings you have,can I take one?"
[12:32.88]The farmer said,"Sure!"
[12:36.53]Wade thought for a moment and said,"168."
[12:42.59]This being the correct number the farmer was,understandably,totally amazed
[12:50.14]and said,"You're right!O.K.I'll keep my promise
[12:56.20]Take your pick of my flock
[12:59.47]Wadecarefully considered the entire flock
[13:04.12]and finally picked the one that was by far cuter
[13:08.58]and more playful than any of the others
[13:12.63]When he was done,the farmer turned to him and said,
[13:17.20]"O.K.now I have a proposition for you.
[13:22.46]If I can guess your IQ,can I have my chick back?"
[13:28.31]Unit 8 Services
[13:41.86]Why Do You Keep Calling?(E)
[13:45.10]David calls his doctor's office and says,
[13:50.07]"This is David Thomas,and I'd like to speak to my doctor."
[13:55.13]the receptionist replies,"I'm sorry,but Dr.Walpole died last week."
[14:01.30]The next day he phones again and asks the same question.
[14:06.45]The receptionest replies"I told you yesterday-he died last week."
[14:13.21]The next day David calls again and asks to speak to Dr.Walpole.
[14:19.66]But this time the receptionist is getting a little annoyed and says,
[14:25.02]"I keep telling you that your doctor died last week.Why do you keep calling?"
[14:31.78]David says,"Because I just love hearing it."
[14:36.64]I Only Want $100(E)
[14:40.80]Sammy prayed every night for two weeks,asking God for $100.
[14:48.97]When he got no responde
[14:52.73]he thought it would be a good idea to write to God and see if that worked
[14:59.58]The post office received the letter addressed to"God,Los Angeles"
[15:06.45]They decided that it would be best to just forward the letter to the mayor
[15:12.61]The mayor read the letter and thought it was cute,
[15:17.16]so he asked his secretary to send the boy $10,
[15:22.51]thinking the boy would think that was a lot of money for a little boy.
[15:29.07]When Sammy got the money,
[15:32.55]he was so excited that he sat down immediately to write a thank-you letter
[15:39.31]"Dear God,"he wrote,"Thank you very much for the money you sent.
[15:45.87]I guess it is to be expected,but I thought you should know this:
[15:52.53]When you sent it through City Hall,the government deducted $90."
[15:59.48]Sharing a Hotel Room(M)
[16:03.55]By the time Bill arrived in a little town,every hotel room had been taken.
[16:10.63]"You've got give me a room somewhere,"he said to the manager at the hotel,
[16:16.56]"or just a bed--I don't care where."
[16:20.69]"Well,I do have a double room with one guest,"admitted the manager,
[16:27.56]"and he might be glad to split the cost
[16:31.61]But to tell you the truth,he snores so loudly
[16:36.68]that people in the next room have complained lately
[16:41.04]I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."
[16:44.70]"No problem,"Bill assured him."I'll take it."
[16:49.66]The next moring Bill came down to breakfast bright-eyed
[16:54.62]"How did you sleep?"asked the manager.
[16:58.78]"Never better."
[17:01.65]The manager was impressed."No peoblem with the other guy snoring,then?"
[17:08.21]"No,I shut him up in no time,"said Bill.
[17:12.86]"How did you manage that?"asked the manager.
[17:17.01]"Did you give him some medicine to stop the snoring?"
[17:21.16]"No,I didn't.But here is what I did.
[17:25.92]He was already in bed when I went into the room,"Bill explained.
[17:31.06]"I went over,gave him a kiss on the forehead,and said,'Goodnight,beautiful,'
[17:37.62]and he sat up all night watching me."