A man called home to his wife and said, “Honey I have been asked to go fishing up in Canada with my boss & several of his Friends. We’ll be gone for a week. This is a good opportunity for me to get that Promotion I’ve been wanting, so could you please pack enough Clothes for a week and set out my rod and fishing box, we’re Leaving from the office & I will swing by the house to pick my things up”
“Oh! Please pack my new blue silk pajamas.”
The wife thinks this sounds a bit fishy but being the good wife she is did exactly what her husband asked.
The following Weekend he came home a little tired but otherwise looking good.
The wife welcomed him home and asked if he caught many fish?
He said, “Yes! Lots of Salmon, some Bluegill, and a few Swordfish, but why didn’t you pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you to do?”
The wife replied, “I did. They’re in your fishing box”
Vocabulary Help
- a bit fishy – meio estranho
- boss – chefe
- catch (catch, caught, caught) – pegar
- fishing box – caixa com pescaria
- fish – peixe
- go fishing – ir pescar
- honey – querida
- husband – marido
- looking good – com boa aparencia
- pack – fazer a mala
- pajamas – pijamas
- pick things up – pegar as coisas
- reply – responder
- rod – vara de pescar
- say (say, said, said) – dizer
- several – muitos
- silk – seda
- tired – cansado
- weekend – fim de semana
- wife – esposa