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Show butts. "Things could be worse." "How?" she said. "How could they be worse?" "You could be back where you were before we met." "Where was that?" "Married." She stared around at him with narrowed eyes. "At least I didn't have to worry about money," she said. They watched television. The quiz show had something to do with providing the correct questions for answers which the announcer held up on cards. "Antwerp," said a card. "What's a city in Belgium?" said the new contestant. "There's your vacuum cleaner," said the announcer. A vacuum cleaner was one of the prizes the new contestant could win. "You know," said the man to the woman, "I've never owned a vacuum cleaner." "I had one," she said. "Brand new but it never worked right." Just as the man was about to put his hand on her knee, one of the girls in white called them for their examinations. "What examination?" said the woman. "It's nothing," said the man. The girl directed them to the open cubicles and told them to stand on the scales. They were ordinary bathroom scales. "I've lost weight," said the woman through the wall. |