At the funeral

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked,

— How old was your husband?

— 98, she replied. Two years older than me.

— So you’re 96, the undertaker commented.

She responded:

— Hardly worth going home, is it?

Vocabulary Help

• before – antes
• come up to – ir em direção a
• elderly – idoso
• hardly worth going home, is it? – nem vale a pena ir para casa, não?
• husband – marido
• reply – responder
• undertaker – pessoa que cuida do funeral
• widow – esposa