My brother-in-law has a tradition: every Christmas he gives each of us the same present, a $5 scratch card and a handwritten joke on a card.
We all pretend to love it. Last year I got a 3-pound win, spent it on a chocolate bar and called it "a good return."
This year, my sister, who is a lawyer and doesn't believe in luck, scratched hers at the table, looked at it for a long time and said, "I've got three golds in a row."
Nobody said anything. My brother-in-law put down his fork. She said, "That's... how much is that?"
He checked the back. His face changed. He said, "It's $20,000."
The room went completely silent...
I never dodged reading out loud in class. I was praying the teacher would pick the longest paragraph so I could show off my vocabulary and pronunciation. 😭😭
En 1977, cuatro hombres de Detroit grabaron una canción donde cada uno se presentaba con su nombre, su signo zodiacal y el tipo de mujer que le gustaba.
Parecía una broma. Pero cuando esa canción empezó a sonar en las radios...