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Some funny cards: weekends
     2015-March-31  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    James Baquet

    Mark and his classmate Ming are chatting again in the common room of their dorm.

    Ming: Hi, Mark. Remember those funny cards about work that we discussed?

    Mark: Sure!

    Ming: Well, my friend sent some more. These are about weekends.

    Mark: Ah, the opposite of work! Let’s hear them.

    Ming: Okay, the first one says, “Hope you had a terrible weekend so your Monday doesn’t seem so bad.”

    Mark: You get that, right?

    Ming: Does it mean that if your weekend wasn’t good, Monday will seem okay by comparison to it?

    Mark: That’s right.

    Ming: I see. Here’s another: “I can’t wait for the weekend so I can sit home and wish I had something better to do.”

    Mark: Ooo, that’s deep. Do you know how sometimes anticipation is better than the real thing?

    Ming: Maybe.

    Mark: Like, you sit there all week going, “I can’t wait for the weekend. I can’t wait for the weekend.” Then when the weekend comes —

    Ming: It’s kind of disappointing?

    Mark: Right. I think that’s what this one means.

    Ming: And then, all weekend, you keep wishing something better would happen.

    Mark: Exactly.

    Ming: Got it. Here’s the next one: “Let’s find a cozy little bed and breakfast where we can check our email.”

    Mark: You know what a “bed and breakfast” is, right?

    Ming: Like an inn or something?

    Mark: Sort of. Usually, it’s actually someone’s home. You stay in one of their bedrooms, and have breakfast with the family and the other guests in the morning.

    Ming: Sounds nice!

    Mark: They usually are. So this couple is joking. They’ll go there, and instead of relaxing and enjoying the countryside —

    Ming: They’ll check their email and do other work-like things! Funny!

    Mark: Yes. Some of these don’t really make me laugh, but at least that one made me smile.

    Ming: I think this one is sort of the same idea: “I can’t wait to get away from the city this weekend to the same place as everyone else from the city.”

    Mark: Right! We want to “get away from it all,” and then discover it’s all there when we arrive!

    Ming: I understand. How about this one? “I can barely wait to not even remotely take advantage of the many cultural activities our great city has to offer this weekend.”

    Mark: Yes. Lots of people spend their weekend at home, even though there are lots of activities to enjoy.

    Ming: So there really is something better to do!

    Mark: Usually, yeah. But sometimes we’re so tired we don’t do them.

    Ming: On that note, here’s one more: “Have a good weekend doing all the chores and errands you didn’t have time for during the week.”

    Mark: Absolutely! Sometimes I can’t relax because I’m still catching up!

    Ming: I know!

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