Is it worth it?
Minutes before the cremation, the undertaker quietly sat down next to the grieving widow. “How old was your husband?” he asked.
“He was ninety-eight,” she answered softly. “Two years oder than I am.”
“Really?” the undertaker said. “Hardly worth going home, wouldn’t you say?”





Related topics:
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ worth [worth] See: BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, FOR ALL ONEIS WORTH, GAME IS NOT WORTH THE CANDLE, NOT WORTH A TINKER’S DAMN, WORTH A CENT....
- Steve, Bob and Jeff are working on a very high scaffolding Steve, Bob and Jeff are working on a very high scaffolding. Suddenly, Steve falls off. He is killed instantaneously. After the ambulance leaves with Steve’s body, Bob and Jeff realize... ...
- Mary was having an affair during the day while Mary was having an affair during the day while her husband, John, was at work. One day she was in bed with her boyfriend, Ralph, and she heard her husband’s... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° worth Worth – Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΡ, ΡΡΠΎΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° To be of no worth – Π½Π΅ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, Π±ΡΡΡ Π½ΠΈΠΊΡΠ΄Π° Π½Π΅ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΠΌ a man of worth – Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΉΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ not worth... ...
- A man called the undertaker one afternoon A man called the undertaker one afternoon and sobbed: “Come and bury my wife.” “But I buried your wife ten years ago,” replied the undertaker. “I got married again,” the... ...
- A henpecked husband A henpecked husband was advised by a psychiatrist to assert himself. “You don’t have to let your wife bully you,” he said. “Go home and show her you’re the boss.”... ...
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ worth one’s salt [worth one’s salt] {adj. phr.} Being a good worker, or a productiveperson; worth what you cost. Mr. Brown showed that he was worth hissalt as a salesman when he got... ...
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ not worth a tinker’s damn [not worth a tinker’s damn] or not [worth a tinker’s dam] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not worth anything; valueless. As a bricklayer hewas not worth a tinker’s damn. I am not... ...
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ game is not worth the candle [game is not worth the candle] {literary} What is being done is notworth the trouble or cost; the gain is not worth the effort. Idon’t want to walk so far... ...
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ worth a cent [worth a cent] {adj. phr.} Worth anything; of any value. – Used innegative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. The book wasold and it was not worth a cent....
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° ninety Ninety – Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΎ ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° Ninety houses – Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ² ninety times as much – Π² Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ°Π· Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅ page ninety – Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ° ninety-first, ninety-second, etc – Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠΉ,... ...
- Tombstone Epitaph VI A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: Sacred to the memory of my husband John Barnes who died January 3, 1803. His comely young widow, aged 23, has... ...
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ one’s money’s worth [one’s money’s worth] {n. phr.} A fair return on one’s money spentor invested. I wouldn’t say that the trip was a great bargain, butI feel that we got our money’s... ...
- So at the funeral home, the widow instructs Here’s a sick one… So at the funeral home, the widow instructs the mortician to cut off her late husband’s penis and shove it up his rectum. The mortician objects,... ...
- The homework schedule Here is an explanation of the school homework policy for the average student. Students should not spend more than ninety minutes per night. This time should be budgeted in the... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ not worth the candle, Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΠ°: not worth the candle ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ ΡΠ²Π΅Ρ; Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ Π·Π°ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅ΠΌΡΡ ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΉ (ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π±Π»ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π² Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ The game is not worth the candle – ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ° Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠΈΡ ΡΠ²Π΅Ρ) ΠΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ:... ...
- All of a sudden, the wife smacks her husband All of a sudden, the wife smacks her husband. The husband was totally dumfounded and asks, “What was that for?” Wife said, “Because, you are a bad fuck”. Couple of... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° widow Widow – Π²Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π° ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π° To console a widow – ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π²Π΄ΠΎΠ²Ρ opulent widow – Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΡΠ°Ρ Π²Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π° widow’s allowance – Π²Π΄ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ΅ war widow – Π²Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π° ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π½Π° Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Π΅ He... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ worth its weight in gold, Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΠ°: worth its weight in gold ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: ΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΡ Π½Π° Π²Π΅Ρ Π·ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠ° ΠΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ: The advice of my supervisor is always worth its weight in gold. Π― Π²ΡΠ΅Π³Π΄Π° ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡ ΠΌΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π΄ΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ°... ...
- ΠΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ bird in the hand is worth two in the bush [bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ] Something we have, or can easily get, is more valuable than something we want that we may not be... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ worth one’s salt, Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΠ°: worth one’s salt ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡ Π΄Π΅Π½Π΅Π³; ΡΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉ, Ρ ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ (ΠΎ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ΅) ΠΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ: The man is definitely worth his salt and is one of our best employees. ΠΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ... ...
- As US tourists in Israel As US tourists in Israel, a man and his wife were sitting outside a Bethlehem souvenir shop, waiting for fellow tourists. An Arab salesman approached them carrying belts. After an... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ get one’s money’s worth, Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΠ°: get one’s money’s worth ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΡΡ Π² ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ ΡΠΎ, Π·Π° ΡΡΠΎ Π·Π°ΠΏΠ»Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎ ΠΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ: I wasn’t disappointed with my purchase; in fact, I can say with confidence that I... ...
- ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΡ make it worth someone’s while (to do something), Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌΠ°: make it worth someone’s while (to do something) ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: Π·Π°ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΌ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΊΡ (ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠΌ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΡΡΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΌ) ΠΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ: Our company always makes it worth our... ...
- This woman has her bridge club every Thursday night This woman has her bridge club every Thursday night and after a peaceful game or two with the ladies, she goes home to fix her husband dinner when he gets... ...
- It seems that Abe and Morey, two salesmen for an advertising agency It seems that Abe and Morey, two salesmen for an advertising agency, were traveling together through the midwest, when they were caught between towns during a driving snow storm. The... ...
- The couple was dining out when the wife noticed The couple was dining out when the wife noticed a familiar face at the bar. “Elliot,” she said, pointing “do you see that man downing bourbon at the bar?” The... ...
- Driving home very drunk It seems a gentleman had too much alcohol at a party, was heading home, and was pulled over by a state trooper. Upon being tested, the fellow couldn’t walk a... ...
- ΠΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ° / ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΠΊΠ° one today is worth two tomorrows – ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈ Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ° / ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°: one today is worth two tomorrows ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π½Ρ Π»ΡΡΡΠ΅, ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π΄Π²Π° Π·Π°Π²ΡΡΠ° ΠΠΊΠ²ΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Π΅Π½Ρ Π² ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ΅: Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΆΡΡΠ°Π²Π»Ρ Π² Π½Π΅Π±Π΅, Π° Π΄Π°ΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΡΡΠΊΠΈ... ...
- Saving the situation After attending a party for his boss, the life of the party was nursing a king-size hangover and asked his wife, “What the hell happened?” “As usual, you made an... ...
- Anybody Home? A boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers. He dialed the employee’s home phone number... ...
- Paying in advance A motorist, driving by a Texas ranch, hit and killed a calf that was crossing the road. The driver went to the owner of the calf and explained what had... ...
- ΠΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ° / ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΠΊΠ° a bird in hand is worth two in the bush – ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈ Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅, ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ° / ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°: a bird in hand is worth two in the bush ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄: Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΆΡΡΠ°Π²Π»Ρ Π² Π½Π΅Π±Π΅, Π΄Π°ΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΡ Π² ΡΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΠΊΠ²ΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Π΅Π½Ρ Π² ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ΅: Π±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΌΠΊΠ° Π»ΡΡΡΠ΅... ...
- A man and his wife go to their honeymoon hotel for their 25th anniversary A man and his wife go to their honeymoon hotel for their 25th anniversary. As the couple reflected on that magical evening 25 years ago, the wife asked the husband,... ...
- There was an old married couple that had happily There was an old married couple that had happily lived together for nearly forty years. The only friction in their marriage was caused by the husband’s habit of breaking wind... ...
- A man spoke frantically into the phone A man spoke frantically into the phone: “My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!” “Is this her first child?” the emergency operator asked. “No, you... ...
- What is a breathanalyzer? “Shhaaayyy, buddy, what’s a ‘Breathalyzer’?” asked one drunk to his friend at the next barstool. “Well, I’d have to say it’s a bag that tells you when you’ve drunk way... ...
- Humor about Irish Marriages Some years ago, Michael J. Flanagan, a successful New York contractor, was standing on the deck of the Staten Island Ferry when a car got loose and sent him into... ...
- A Blind Mans Sport A Blind Mans Sport A blind man was describing his favorite sport, parachuting. When asked how this was accomplished, he said that things were all done for him: “I am... ...
- A woman went down to the Welfare Office to get aid A woman went down to the Welfare Office to get aid. The office worker asked her, “How many children do you have?” “Ten,” she replied. “What are their names?” he... ...