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At the Retirement Home

Three old men are sitting on the porch of a retirement home. The first says:

``Fellas, I got real problems I'm seventy years old. Every morning at seven o'clock I get up and I try to urinate All day long I try to urinate They give me all kinds of medicine but nothing helps.''

The second old man says:

``You think you have problems. I'm eighty years old Every morning at 8:00 I get up and try to move my bowels. I try all day long They give me all kinds of stuff but nothing helps.''

Finally the third old man speaks up:

``Fellas: I'm ninety years old. Every morning at 7:00 sharp I urinate Every morning at 8:00 I move my bowels Every morning at 9:00 sharp I wake up.''

Vocabulary Help

  • porch: varanda
  • retirement home: asilo
  • get up: levantar
  • try: tentar
  • kind: tipo
  • medicine: remédio
  • bowels: intestinos
  • stuff: coisas
  • sharp: em ponto (afiado)
  • wake up: acordar


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