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7 _ Lesson 23

}OB HAS A SURPRISE VISITOR

30bs former boss Peter, from the furniture store,

omes to visit. He offers Bob his old job back,

ut Bobs not interested.

Peter: Hi Bob. I was just in the neighborhood so I thought Id
stop by.

Bob: Come on in. Take a cookie.

Peter: Thanks. I’m glad to see you’re not holding a grudge
against me for firing you.

Bob: Not at all. At first, it burned me up. But I feel better now.

Peter: Good. I’m glad you have no hard feelings. How would
you like your old job back?

Bob: What happened to your wonderful new manager?

Peter: She drank at work. By five o’clock, she’d be lying under
a dining room table, three sheets to the wind. Yes-
terday, I finally got rid of her.

Bob: Let me get this straight. You replaced me with some
crazy woman who got plastered every day on the job?

Peter; Yeah, I lost my head.

Bob: I don’t think you lost your head. I just think you’ve got
rocks in your head!

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