英文短篇故事（纽约）451 Dirty Bathroom Angers Wife
She said, You are so lazy. I think we should get a divorce. He said, You don't divorce someone just because they're a little bit lazy. What is it this time? She said, Go look at the faucet spout in the bathroom. Look at your soap dish. He went into t
英文短篇故事（纽约）452 A Free Magazine Subscription
She got a computer magazine in the mail. She hadn't ordered it. In fact, she'd never even heard of it. The expiration date was on the address label. It was 12 months away. She read the whole magazine within the next few days. A while later, her uncle
英文短篇故事（纽约）453 Teacher Frets About Handout
Al took the 6 Train to Hunter College. The Math Teachers Society was having its annual conference. Al was a new member. He had created a handout for the other teachers. It described his new math website. His site had hundreds of math exercises and ga
英文短篇故事（纽约）454 Is There a Largebone Too?
Lester was walking along East 65th Street. A store window's fancy lettering caught his eye. It said, Smallbone of Devizes. Underneath that, it said, Hand-made English Cabinetry. He understood cabinetry. But Smallbone of Devizes? What in the world was
英文短篇故事（纽约）455 Standing on the Corner
The young woman was standing on the corner near Bloomingdale's. Yellow stickers on her hat said, Try This! He asked, Try what? She said, I'm handing out samples of a new facial cream. I'm fresh out, but they're bringing me more. Would you like some f
英文短篇故事（纽约）456 Stomach Trumps Heart
He got home from work at 10 p.m. His wife was still at work. A note was on the refrigerator. It said, I was home for lunch. There are leftovers in the fridge. Just heat and eat. Enjoy! What an angel, he thought. She was always thinking of him. He put
英文短篇故事（纽约）457 Did You Wash Your Hands?
He walked into the kitchen. Breakfast dishes had dried in the dish rack on top of the counter. He opened a kitchen cabinet. He grabbed a dish. It touched another dish as he pulled it out of the rack. His wife was in the living room. She heard the cla
英文短篇故事（纽约）458 NYC Is So Exciting
His niece visited him in New York City. He took some time off from work. It was her first visit to the Big Apple. When she left, she said, You're so lucky to live here. I'm going to move here after college. There's just so many places to go and thing
英文短篇故事（纽约）459 Bedbugs Be Gone!
He was making the bed. He shook out the quilt. He laid it flat on the mattress. He noticed a brown speck on the quilt. The speck was moving! He took a closer look. It was a bedbug. So that explained the two red marks on his forearm. He flushed the be
英文短篇故事（纽约）460 Put on Your Thinking Cap
The speaker was addressing a roomful of teachers. He said, 'Thinking' and 'thinking critically' aren't the same. For example, if you're thinking about what day it is, that's not thinking critically. He instantly heard some murmuring. A teacher said,
英文短篇故事（纽约）461 Barefoot with Hand Out
Warren was exiting the chilly subway station. A man in tattered clothes was sitting on the landing. His bare feet were black with dirt. As Warren approached, the man extended a dirty, raggedy NY Yankees cap. He said, Please, sir! Please, sir! His ton
英文短篇故事（纽约）462 Drink Your Own Tea
The waiter at IchiUmi asked if they wanted anything to drink. His wife and her friend wanted tea. His wife asked, Do you want tea, too? He said, No. Water's fine. After the waiter left, they all rose. They grabbed clean plates and visited the buffet
英文短篇故事（纽约）463 The Fast Food Worker
He was dog-tired. He plopped onto the worn sofa. His sister said, You look beat. Did you just run a marathon? He said, I wish. I can run a marathon in less than four hours. I just finished my shift. It was eight and a half hours. No lunch, no breaks.
英文短篇故事（纽约）464 Tattoo You
The owner of a Manhattan firm has offered his employees a 15-percent raise. All they have to do is tattoo themselves with the firm's logoDD. The name of the firm is Double Down. It makes pillows. The owner claims his pillows contain twice as much dow
英文短篇故事（纽约）465 Those People Will Never Change
On Alternate Earth, there are Stripers and Checkers. The Stripers have stripes. The Checkers have checks. Stripers and Checkers with only two colors are rich and powerful. Those with fifty colors are the middle class. Those with 100 colors are often
