Me: Was it helpful that I partially shoveled the walk today?
Mark: Um, a little bit. In some of the places you shoveled a few feet to the left of the sidewalk.
Me: Well, I wasn’t doing it for you. I thought the mailman would appreciate it.
Mark: Yeah, he probably did.
Me: Sorry that shoveling the top layer of snow away made me too tired to do any housework or cook the dinner except to make the salad. How is the salad, by the way?
Oscar (picking at it): You shouldn’t mix the salad dressing into the salad. You should leave it in a bowl on the table so I can put more dressing on.
Me: I guess I just can’t please anybody today!
Mark: Except the mailman.
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