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You think they don't understand you? All right, but don't be surprised when they do.
Running the bus from Shorewood to Mayfair at the mall, in Milwaukee WI, may be very interesting and one may have a lot of fun. But nothing compares to what my wife and her mother ran into one day.
The bus was not crowded, but it was busy enough to have all the seats taken, and a few riders standing. My wife and her mother got in and were standing behind two women engaged in a conversation. The conversation was casual, and if you did not understand what the two women were talking about, it did not really matter. Both my wife and her mother were fluent in Russian, though, so they got interested all of a sudden when they heard a familiar language so far away from home.
“Nusea, I am so tired I can't tell you how much I hurt!”
“Why, did you have hard time at work?”
“That, also Ioshka.'
“Ioshka? What did he do now?”
“Now, he did not do anything, but during the night he got in one of his moods, you know?”
“Oh, sex again?”
“Sex would have been easy. Usually it's a quick thing. It takes more to wash than the sex itself.”
“So, what is the problem, did he finally manage to make you come?”
“Of course not, but he wanted to do it about three times. It was faster to let him have it than to argue, and I missed a few hours of sleep”.
“Yes, it's tough.”
“But that was not all, today at work the boss got crazy too. He made me run around and I mostly walked, no time to rest. Boy, my feet are aching me. I wish this cow sitting next to us would get up and let me use her seat.”
My wife looked at her mother, her mother looked at her, but they manage to keep straight faces. A few minutes passed, the new stop was approaching. The “cow” pulled the cord to let the driver know she wanted to get off, and got up from the chair, excusing herself to the two women who were engaged in the conversation a few minutes before. Nusea smiled to her, and moved away so that she could pass. She thanked her, passed, and turned her head to the two, telling them in a perfect Russian:
“The cow is getting up and offering you the chair.”
My wife and her mother burst into laughter, while the two froze in amazement, not knowing what to say. Next bus stop they pulled the cord and got off the bus. It was not certain if that was their original intention.
Santos could already feel a bump forming in his left cheek. He had heard that Wesker liked to finish with his right hook and he had learned that the hard way. But Wesker hadn’t put him away. No, not yet. Santos still had some fight left in him.
The cow gets up and lets you sit
by Crin Forbes