WEEK 350
"I know it sounded like a canary," Roger told his wife, "but it was really just the..."


...low battery alert on your cell phone, Becky."

"Why didn't you plug the phone in if you knew the battery was low".

"It's not my phone and it's in your purse! Maybe you should look at the battery meter more often".

"I leave that up to you, honey. You know I depend on you to take care of things like that for me".

"OK, give me your phone, I'll charge it for you".

"Thanks, sweetheart. I love you".

"Yeah, I love you too, Becks".

So Roger plugged Becky's cell phone into its charger and re-established himself as his wife's technological hero. He could hardly wait until she brought up the once a year matter of the televison remote not working properly! Then, he would have to remember where all those AAA batteries he bought at Christmas were stored.

by Stewart Lindsay, Buffalo, NY

...cement truck going up the side street."

"That was a cement truck? It sounded like a canary!"

"Well," Roger said, "it was a little cement truck."

by Phillip Lynne, Knoxville, TN