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1、A bit of advice for those about to retire. If you are only 65, never move to a retirement community. Everybody else is in their 70s, 80s, or 90s. So when something has to be moved, lifted or loaded, they yell,'Get the kid.' 這里想對將要退休者提一點忠告。如果你只有65歲的話，千萬別進退休社區(qū)。因為那里人人都七八十歲或者八九十歲了。每當要搬東西，抬東西或者裝東

2、西時，他們就叫喊，“讓小的干吧?！盩om: William has asked me for a loan of five pounds. Should I be doing right in lending it to him? Jack: Certainly. Tom: And why? Jack: Because otherwise he would try to borrow it from me. 湯姆：威廉向我借五英鎊。我該不該借給他？ 杰克：當然應(yīng)該了。 湯姆：為什么？ 杰克：否則他就該跟我借了。Teacher:Why are you late for school every

3、morning? Tom:Every time I come to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow". 老師:為什么你每天早晨都遲到? 湯姆:每當我經(jīng)過學(xué)校的拐角處,就看見一個牌子上寫著"學(xué)校-慢行". He Won Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself. Tommy: That's too bad. How did that happen? Johnny: We pla

4、yed who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won. 他贏了 湯姆：約翰尼，你小弟弟好嗎？ 約翰尼：他害病臥床了。他受了傷。 湯姆：真糟糕，怎么回事兒？ 約翰尼：我們做游戲，看誰能把身子探出窗外最遠，他贏了。The SwimmerThe teacher told the class the story of a man who swam a river three times before breakfast. Johnny laughed. "Do you doubt that a good swimmer could

5、 do that?" asked the teacher. "No, sir," answered Johnny, "but I wonder why he did not swim it four times and get back to the side where his clothes were." 老師給同學(xué)們講了一個小故事，說有一個人早飯前要在河里游泳，橫渡三趟。 約翰尼笑了。 老師問道：“你不相信一個游泳很好的人可以做到么？” 約翰尼回答說：“不是的，先生，我是不明白他為什么不游四次，好回到他放衣服的那邊。” Spending

6、the night with their grandparents, 2 young boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers at bedtime. The younger boy began praying at the top of his lungs:"I PRAY FOR A BIKE. I PRAY FOR A NEW DVD."His older brother nudged him and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn&#

7、39;t deaf."To which the little brother replied, "No, but Grandma is!"兩個男孩與祖父母一起過夜，他們跪在床邊做睡前禱告。弟弟聲嘶力竭地祈禱: "我祈求一輛自行車，一張新DVD"哥哥用肘輕推他: "你為什么大喊著祈禱？上帝又不聾。"弟弟答道:"上帝是不聾，但是奶奶聾。"A cop spotted a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Coming up beside her, he s

8、aid, "Pull over!""No," she replied, "a pair of socks!"巡警發(fā)現(xiàn)一名婦女邊開車邊織毛衣，便開車上前，說："靠邊停車(套頭衫)！""不，" 她回答，"是一雙襪子！"A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gav

9、e it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 好孩子 小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。 “昨天給你的錢干什么了？” “我給了一個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。 “你真是個好孩子，”媽

10、媽驕傲地說?！霸俳o你兩分錢。可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢？” “她是個賣糖果的?！?Mother: Why are you jumping up and down? Tom: I've just taken some medicine and I forgot to shake the bottle. 媽媽：你為什么不停地跳上跳下的？ 湯姆：我剛吃完藥，可我忘了先搖動瓶子了I Have His Ear in My Pocket Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?&

11、quot; "A kid bit me," replied Ivan. "Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother. "I'd know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket." 他的耳朵在我衣兜里 伊凡鼻子流著血回到家里。他媽媽問，“發(fā)生了什么事？” “一個男孩咬了我一口，”伊凡說。 “再見到他你能認出來嗎？”媽媽問。 “他走到哪里我都能認出他，”

12、伊凡說?！八亩溥€在我衣兜里呢。” Jims History Examination Uncle: How did Jim do in his history examination? Mother: Oh, not at all well, but there, it wasn't his fault. They asked him things that happened before the poor boy was born. 吉姆的歷史考試 舅舅：吉姆這孩子歷史考得怎么樣？ 母親：唉，糟透了?？稍捰终f回來，這也不能怪他。嗨，他們盡問一些這個 可憐的孩子出生前的事兒。 The

13、 six-year-old John was terribly spoiled . His father knew it, but his grandma doted on him. He hardly left her side. And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum. Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother's loving arms.When he came home

14、from school his grandma met him at the door."Was school all right?" she asked, "Did you get along all right? did you cry?""Cry?" John asked. "No, I didn't cry, but the teacher did!"六歲的約翰嬌生慣養(yǎng)。他的父親知道這一點，可他的祖父母仍然寵著他。這孩子幾乎寸步不離他的祖母。他想要什么不是哭，就是鬧。他第一天上學(xué)才離開祖母的懷抱。約

15、翰放學(xué)了，他奶奶在門口接他并問道：“學(xué)校怎么樣？你過的好嗎？哭了沒有？”“哭？”約翰問，“不，我沒哭，可老師哭了?！盩wo birds Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which? Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer. Teacher: Please tell us. Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the

16、sparrow is beside the swallow. 兩只鳥 老師： 這兒有兩只鳥，一只是麻雀,一只是燕子。誰能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？ 學(xué)生：我指不出，但我知道答案。 老師：請說說看。 學(xué)生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。 A physics Examination Once in a physics examination, Nick finished the first question very soon, while his classmates were thinking it hard. The question was: When it thunders

17、 why do we see the lighting first, then hear the thunderrolls? Nick's answer: Because our eyes are before ears. 一次物理考試 在一次物理考試時，當同學(xué)們都還在苦思冥想時，尼克很快就答好了第一個問題。 這個問題是：為什么在打雷時，我們總是先看到閃電后聽到雷聲？ 尼克的回答是：因為眼睛在前，耳朵在后。 Goldfish Stan: I won 92 goldfish. Fred: Where are you going to keep them? Stan: In the bat

18、hroom 。 Fred: But what will you do when you want to take a bath? Stan: Blindfold them! 金魚斯丹：我贏了 92 條金魚。 弗雷德：你想在哪兒養(yǎng)它們？ 斯丹：浴室。 弗雷德：但是你想洗澡時怎么辦？ 斯丹：蒙住它們的眼睛！ A young business man had just started his business, and rented a beautiful office. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing

19、to appear busy, the businessman picked up the phone and pretended that he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments. Finally, he hung up and asked the visitor. "Can I help you?" The man said, "Sure. I've come to install the phone.我在談一筆很大的生意一個年

20、輕人剛開始做生意，租了一間漂亮的辦公室。坐在辦公室，他看見一個人從外面走進辦公室。裝著很忙的樣子，他拿起話筒，假裝正在跟人談一筆很大的生意。他從嘴里說出的，都是數(shù)目很大的數(shù)字，還有口氣很大的許諾。" 最后，他掛上電話，問來訪者:“您有什么事嗎？”來訪者說:“哦，我是來裝電話的?！?Whose Father Was the Stronger?Will and Bill were quarrelling about whose father was the stronger. Will said, “Well, you know the Pacific Ocean? My father&

21、#39;s the one who dug the hole for it.” Bill wasn't impressed, “Well, that's nothing. You know the Dead Sea? My father's the one who killed it!” 威爾和比爾在為誰的父親更強壯而爭吵。威爾說： “ 喏，你知道太平洋嗎？就是我爸爸為它挖的洞。 ” 比爾不屑一顧： “ 噢，那沒什么。你知道死海嗎？那是我爸爸殺死的。 ” I Need Your FootballGeorge knocked on the door of his frie

22、nd's house. When his friend's mother answered he asked, “can Albert come out to play? ” “No,” said the mother, “it's too cold.” “Well, then,” said George, “can his football come out to play ? ” 喬冶敲著他朋友家的門。當朋友的媽媽來應(yīng)門時，他問：“阿爾伯特可以出來玩嗎？ ” “ 不行， ” 那位媽媽說， “ 天氣太冷了。 ” “ 噢，那么， ” 喬冶， “ 他的足球可以出來玩嗎？

23、” Doctor： I can do nothing for your complaint. It is hereditary.Patient： then send the bill to my father，please. 醫(yī)生：“對你的抱怨我無能為力。那是遺傳病?！?病人：“那請你把賬單給我父親吧。” When the young waitress in the café in Tom's building started waving hello everyday. Tom was flattered, for she was at least 15 years you

24、nger than he. One day she waved and beckoned to Tom again. When Tom strolled over, she asked, "Are you single?""Why, yes," Tom replied, smiling at her broadly."So is my mom," she said. "Would you like to meet her?"在湯姆工作的大樓里有一個咖啡屋，那兒總有一位小姐每天都和他打招呼。湯姆有些受寵若驚，因為這位

25、小姐看上去至少比他年輕15歲。一天她又對湯姆招手并示意湯姆過去。于是湯姆走了過去。她問道，“您現(xiàn)在是單身嗎？” “對，是單身，”湯姆滿臉堆笑的說。 “我母親也是，”她說，“您愿不愿意見見她？” On a hot summer day an elderly gentleman faints in the street. A small crowd immediately gathers around him. "Give the poor man a glass of brandy," advises a woman. "Give him a heart massa

26、ge, " says someone else. "No, just give him some brandy," insists the woman. "Call an ambulance,"yells another person. "A brandy!" The man suddenly sits up and exclaims. "Shut up, everybody,and do as the kind lady says!"在一個炎熱的夏天，一位上了年紀的男子昏倒在街頭。一群人立刻圍了上去。

27、“給這個可憐的人一杯白蘭地吧?！?一位女士建議。“給他一點治心臟病的藥?！?另外一個人說。 “不，還是給他一些白蘭地，”那位女士堅持說?！斑€是叫一輛救護車吧?！?有人叫道。 “一杯白蘭地?！?這時地上的那個人坐了起來，嚷著，“都閉嘴，就照那位好心的太太說得去做！” A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning. She was very excited, and said: "That'll

28、be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!" 一位精明的家庭主婦聽人說有一種爐子用起來可以比她現(xiàn)在用的爐子省一半的煤。她聽了大為興奮，說：“那太好了！一個爐子可以省一半的煤，那么如果我買兩個爐子的話，不就可以把煤全都省下來了嗎？” One evening I drove my husband's car to the shopping mall. On my return, I noticed that how dusty the o

29、utside of his car was and cleaned it up a bit.When I finally entered the house, I called out.'The woman who loves you the most in the world just cleaned your headlights and windshield.'My husband looked up and said, 'Mom's here?' 一天晚上我開著丈夫的車去購物，回來后發(fā)現(xiàn)車身沾滿灰塵，于是擦洗了一陣。當我終于走進屋里時大聲喊：“世

30、界上最愛你的女人剛擦洗了你的車燈和擋風(fēng)玻璃?！?我丈夫抬頭看了看，說：“媽媽來了？”The New Teacher George comes from school on the first of September. "George, how did you like your new teacher?" asked his mother. "I didn't like her, Mother, because she said that three and three were six and then she said that two and fo

31、ur were six too." 新老師 9月1日， 喬治放學(xué)回到家里。 "喬治，你喜歡你們的新老師嗎？" 媽媽問。 "媽媽，我不喜歡，因為她說3加3得6, 可后來又說2加4也得6。" Looking very unhappy, a poor man entered a doctor's consulting-room."Doctor," he said, "you must help me. I swallowed a penny about a month ago.""Good h

32、eavens, man!" said the doctor. "Why have you waited so long? Why don't you come to me on the day you swallowed it?""To tell you the truth, Doctor," the poor man replied, "I didn't need the money so badly then."一個看起來很難受的窮人走進大夫的診室。"大夫！"他說，"幫幫我！

33、一個月前我吞了一分硬幣！""天哪，"大夫說，"早干嘛去了？你當時怎么不來看？""實話告訴您吧，大夫，"窮人說，"我當時還不缺錢！"my little dog can't read Mrs. Brown: Oh, my dear, I have lost my precious little dog! Mrs. Smith: But you must put an advertisement in the papers! Mrs. Brown: It's no use, my little

34、dog can't read. 我的狗不識字 布朗夫人：哦， 親愛的，我把珍愛的小狗給丟了！ 史密斯夫人：可是你該在報紙上登廣告?。?布朗夫人：沒有用的，我的小狗不認識字?！盉ring me the winner Waiter, this lobster has only one claw. I'm sorry, sir. It must have been in a fight. Well, bring me the winner then. 給我那個打贏的吧 服務(wù)員， 這個龍蝦只有一只爪。 -對不起，先生，這只肯定打過架了。 -哦， 那給我那個打贏的吧。 A man goe

35、s to church and starts talking to God. He says: "God, what is a million dollars to you?" and God says: "A penny", then the man says: "God, what is a million years to you?" and God says: "a second", then the man says: "God, can I have a penny?" and Go

36、d says "In a second" 一男子進入教堂和上帝對話.他問:"主啊, 一百萬美元對你意味著多少?"上帝回答:"一便士."男子又問:"那一百萬年對你意味著多少?"上帝說:"一秒鐘."最后男子請求道:"上帝,我能得到一便士嗎?"上帝回答:"過一秒鐘." That is not my dog A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a lovely little dog. She asks the shopke

37、eper, "Does your dog bite?" The shopkeeper says, "No, my dog does not bite." Then the woman bends down and tries to touch the dog. the dog bites her. "Ouch!" she crys, "You said your dog did not bite." The shopkeeper replies, "That is not my dog." 那不

38、是我的狗 一位女士走進一家寵物店，看見一只很可愛的小狗她問店主："你的狗咬人嗎?" 店主說:"不, 我的狗不咬人." 于是這位女士彎下腰想去摸摸這條狗. 狗咬了她. "哎喲!"她叫道,"你說過你的狗不咬人的." 店主回答說:"那不是我的狗." How much English can you speak?"Your Honor, I want to bring to your attention how unfair it is for my client to be accused

39、of theft. He arrived in New York City a week ago and barely knew his way around. What's more, he only speaks a few words of English."The judge looked at the defendant and asked, "How much English can you speak?"The defendant looked up and said, "Give me your wallet!"&quo

40、t;法官先生，我的當事人被指控偷竊，這是多么不公正啊。他一周前才來到紐約，幾乎不認路。而且，他只會說幾個英語單詞。"法官看了看被告，問道："你會說多少英文？"被告抬起頭，說："把你的錢包給我！"A husband, proving to his wife that women talk more than men, showed her a study which indicated that men use on average only 15000 words a day, whereas women use 30000 words a d

41、ay. She thought about this for a while and then told her husband that women use twice as many words as men because they have to repeat everything they say.He said, "What?"丈夫給妻子看了一項調(diào)查結(jié)果，為了向她證明女人比男人啰嗦。研究表明男人平均每天使用15000個字，而女人每天使用30000個。妻子想了一會兒說，女人每天說的字數(shù)是男人的兩倍，因為她們必須重復(fù)已經(jīng)說過的話。他問："什么？"

42、Boy: Is this seat empty?Girl: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down.男孩：這個座位是空的么？女孩：是的，如果你坐下，我的座位也將是空的。"Tom, what's the matter with your brother?" asked the mother in the kitchen. "He's crying.""Oh, nothing, Mum," replied Tom. "I'm eating my cake. He

43、 is crying because I won't give him any.""But has he finished his own cake?""Yes." said Tom. "And he also cried when I was helping him finish that.""湯姆，你弟弟怎么了？" 媽媽在廚房里問。"他在哭。""沒事兒，媽媽，" 湯姆答道。"我在吃我的蛋糕。他哭是因為我不給他吃。""他已經(jīng)吃

44、完自己的了么？""是的。" "我?guī)退酝陼r，他也哭了。"A guy says to his friend, "Guess how many coins I have in my pocket."The friends says, "If I guess right, will you give me one of them?"The first guys says, "If you guess right, I'll give you both of them!"路人甲對路人乙

45、說，"猜猜我兜里有幾個子兒？"路人乙說："我猜對了，你能給我一個不？"路人甲說："你要猜對了，我兩個全部給你！""I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," said an instructor at a university graduate engineering course. "When I say 'Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond '

46、;Good afternoon.' But the graduate students just write it down."一個教師在研究生工程學(xué)課堂上說："我一眼就能看出來哪些是本科生，哪些是研究生。" "我說'下午好'的時候，本科生回答'下午好'，而研究生則把這句話記在本子上。"Dad: Tom, please tell me, which month has 28 days?Tom: Every month.爸爸：告訴我湯姆，哪個月有28天呢？湯姆：每個月都有啊！Finding one of h

47、er students making faces at others on the playground, Ms Smith stopped to gently reprimand the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday school teacher said, "Bobby, when I was a child I was told if I made ugly faces, my face would freeze and stay like that". Bobby looked up and replied, "We

48、ll, Ms Smith, you can't say you weren't warned."史密斯小姐發(fā)現(xiàn)她的一名學(xué)生在操場上向別人做鬼臉，便去輕責(zé)他。這位主日學(xué)校的老師甜甜地微笑著，說："博比，我小的時候，有人告訴我如果我做鬼臉，我的臉就會僵硬，永遠都那么丑。"博比抬頭看了看老師，說："史密斯小姐，你可別說沒人警告過你啊。"A guy goes to visit his grandma and he brings his friend with him.While he's talking to his grand

49、ma, his friend starts eating the peanuts on the coffee table, and finishes them off.As they're leaving, his friend says to his grandma, "Thanks for the peanuts."She says, "Yeah, since I lost my dentures I can only suck the chocolate off."一名男子帶著朋友去探望他的祖母。當他和祖母聊天時，他的朋友開始吃咖啡桌上放的

50、花生，并把花生都給吃光了。他們離開時，他的朋友對祖母說:"謝謝您的花生。"結(jié)果祖母說:"唉！自從我牙齒掉光后，我就只能吮掉花生豆外層的巧克力了。"The Fish Net "Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?" "A lot of little holes tied together with strings." replied the little girl. 魚網(wǎng) "你能告訴我魚網(wǎng)是什么做的嗎，安？" 老師發(fā)問道。 "把許多小孔用

51、繩子栓在一起就成了魚網(wǎng)了。" 小女孩回答道。 Prepare YourselfA story around campus has it taht a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: "Mom - flunked all courses. Kicked out of school. Prepare Pop." Two days later he received a response: "Pop prepared. Prepare yourself." 自己做好準備校園里流

52、傳著這樣的故事：一個學(xué)生一次給父母拍了一份電報，上面寫著：“媽媽我所有功課都不及格，被學(xué)校開除。讓爸爸做好準備?！?兩天以后，他收到了回電：“爸爸已準備好。你自己做好準備吧!” A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn'

53、;t want.女人找了老公之前都在擔憂未來。男人娶了老婆之前從來不為未來擔憂。男人想要的東西，要是值1塊錢卻賣2塊，他也會買；而對于女人，即使是不想要的東西，要是值2塊錢卻只賣1塊，她也會買。A man sat at a bar, had the saddest hangdog expression.Bartender: "What's the matter? Are you having troubles with your wife?"The man: "We had a fight, and she told me that she wasn

54、9;t going to speak to me for a month."Bartender: "That should make you happy."The man: "No, the month is up today!"一個男人坐在酒吧里，傷心至極。酒吧招待："你怎么了？跟老婆鬧矛盾了？"男人："我們吵了一架，她說一個月都不跟我說話。"酒吧招待："那你應(yīng)該高興才是??！"男人："不，今天是這個月的最后一天。"A father was trying to te

55、ach his son the evils of alcohol.He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whiskey curled up and died."All right, son," asked the father, "What does that show you?""Well, Dad, it shows that i

56、f you drink alcohol, you will not have worms."一位父親打算讓自己的兒子知道酒精有多么可怕。他把分別把兩只蟲子放到一杯清水和一杯威士忌里做對比。清水里蟲子安然無恙，結(jié)果威士忌里的蟲子蜷縮了幾下就掛掉了。"所以，兒子啊，"父親問道，"得出什么結(jié)論？""恩，這說明，你只要喝酒的話，肚里就不會長蟲了！"Boy: Hi, didn't we go on dates before? Onec or twice?Girl: Must've been once. I never

57、make the same mistake twice.男孩：嗨，我們之前是不是約會過，是一次還是兩次，我忘記了。女孩：應(yīng)該只有一次吧，我從不犯兩次同樣的錯誤。Part-time JobWhen my son was a hign-school sophomore, he got a part-time job sacking groceries at a supermarket. He came home all smiles. "How was your first day?" I asked. "It was great, Dad," he rep

58、lied. "I got to talk to some good-looking girls." Since Stephen is not very talkative, I asked, "What did you say to them?" "Do you prefer paper or plastic?" 兼職我兒子在一所中學(xué)讀二年級時，在一家超級市場找到了一份包裝商品的業(yè)余工作。他滿面笑容地回到了家。 “第一天感覺如何？”我問。 “好極了，爸爸。”他答道，“我跟許多漂亮的女孩子講了話。” 由于斯蒂芬不善言談，我問道：“你跟他

59、們說了些什么？” “你是喜歡紙包裝還是塑料包裝？” Class and AssProfessor Laurie of Glasgow put his notice on his door: "Professor Laurie will not meet his classes today." A student, after reading the notice, rubbed out the "c". Later Professor Laurie came along, and entering into the spirit of the joke,

60、 rubbed out the "l". 班和笨驢格拉斯哥的勞里教授在門上貼了這樣一個通知：“勞里教授今天不見他的班級?！?一個學(xué)生讀了通知后，擦掉了字母“c”(lass：姑娘)。 后來勞里教授來了，也想開開玩笑，他擦掉了字母“l(fā)”(ass：笨驢)。 I Don't Know HerA couple walking in the park noticed a young man and woman sitting on a bench, passionately kissing. "Why don't you do that?" said

61、 the wife. "Honey," replied her husband, "I don't even know that woman!" 我還不認識她呢一對夫婦在公園里散步，發(fā)現(xiàn)一對年輕的男女坐在一條長凳上，動情地接吻。 “你為什么不那么做呢？”妻子說。 “親愛的，”丈夫回答說，“我還不認識那個女子呢!” An Old Couple's QuarrelA couple of codgers got into a quarrel and came before the local magistrate. The loser, tur

62、ning to his opponent in a combative frame of mind, cried: "I'll law you to the Circuit Court." "I'm willing," said the other. "I'll law you to the Supreme Court." "I'll be there." "And I'll law the hell!" "My attorney will be

63、 there," was the calm reply. 老夫妻吵架一對性情乖僻的老夫妻發(fā)生了爭吵，一直鬧到地方法官那里。敗訴的一方以一種臨戰(zhàn)的姿態(tài)沖著對方嚷道：“我要到巡回法庭去告你?！?“愿意奉陪?！绷硪粋€說。 “我要到最高法院去告你?！?“我也陪你?！?“我還要到地獄去告你?！?“我的代理人會奉陪的?！睂Ψ狡届o的說。A Trip to DisneyOn a trip to Disney World in Florida, my husband and I adn our two children devoted ourselves wholeheartedly to the wonders of this attraction. After three exhausting days, we headed for home. As we drove away, our son waved and said, "Good-by, Mickey." Our daughter waved and said, "Good-by, Minnie.&