Slice of Life 05: Why Can’t Men Put Down the Toilet Seat?
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I wish we could defend the men, but it seems to be a pretty universal complaint. Men don’t put the toilet seat down. Although we don’t have a solution to the problem, at least we appreciate Sophia’s frustration in today’s dialog. Come on guys, help them out, will you?
Dialogue
A: Será que existe em algum lugar nesse mundão de Deus homens que abaixam o tampo do vaso sanitário?
B: De jeito nenhum, em lugar nenhum, nem pensar... Eu duvido que haja algum homem em algum lugar do mundo que faça isso.
A: Por que é tão difícil assim abaixar o tampo do vaso sanitário?
B: É verdade, não é? Qual é a dificuldade em fazer isso?
A: E já que tô reclamando disso, trocar o papel higiênico também não deve ser tão difícil assim, não é?
B: Nossa, Sophia… você tá meio estressada com isso, né?!
A: Verdade, não deveria ser assim, mas isso não pode ser tão difícil!
A: Is there anywhere on God’s green earth where men put the toilet seat down?
B: No way, nowhere, no how. I doubt there’s a single one anywhere.
A: Why is it such a difficult thing to put the toilet seat down?
B: I know, right? How hard could it really be!
A: And since I’m gripping, replacing the toilet paper roll… Really! How tough is that?
B: Wow Sophia, you are a little edged about things today, aren’t you?
A: I know I shouldn’t be, but how hard is it really!
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