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1. A: Did you hear about that woman in Florida?

B: No, what happened?

A: She pulled out the power cable to her office building so she could be sent home early with pay.

B: No way!

A: Yeah, and she had done the same thing to the telephone lines in the past in order to get out of work.

B: That's awful! What finally happened to her?

A: She lost her job and was arrested for damaging property.

2. A: Did you hear about the woman who has to spend a month in jail because her pet is too overweight?

B: What? No!

A: Yeah, her pot-bellied pig weighs 200 pounds. Most weigh between 65 and 100 pounds. It's unhealthy for the poor animal to be that big. and it has trouble walking.

B: So what happened?

A: Well, the police charged her with animal neglect. She also has to pay a $500 fine.

3. A: What are you laughing about?

B: This story I'm reading. You know how call-forwarding works, right?

A: Yeah, you can have calls to one phone number forwarded to another number.

B: Right. Well, this plumber in Pennsylvania had the calls to five other plumbers forwarded to his own business.

A: So he stole the other plumbers' customers?

B: Yeah, but just the customers with big expensive jobs. He's in jail now, and lost his plumber's license.

4. A: I just read something amazing in the news.

B: What was it?

A: These two robbers robbed a convenience store.

B: What happened next?

A: Well, after the robbery. they decided to steal a car.

B: Yeah? Did they get away?

A: No. They Jumped in the stolen getaway car, but couldn't drive it!

B: Why was that?

A: Because the guy didn't know how to drive a car with a stick shift! And so the police caught them!

5. A: Did you read this story about the man in Sweden?

B: No, what happened?

A: It says. "Customs officials in Sweden had an unusual experience today. As a man was going through the customs checkpoint, officers noticed that his shirt was moving."

B: That's weird.

A: Yeah, I know. Listen. "When they searched him. they found 65 baby snakes and six lizards inside his shirt. The man said he wanted to open a reptile farm. They arrested him for smuggling."

6. A: Did you hear about that guy who tried to rob a pharmacy in Canada?

B: No, what happened?

A: He was in the drugstore, and he told the employees there that he was going to come back in half an hour and rob them.

B: So what did they do?

A: They called the police, of course. So when the guy came back 30 minutes later with his friend, the police were waiting for them.

B: Oh, that's hilarious!