Boxcar English

069: Don't feel like it

I didn’t feel like going to work today. That happens. I bet it happens to you. You just don’t feel like it sometimes. I woke up, and I was tired. I didn’t feel like going to work, I felt like going back to sleep. I didn’t feel like going to work, I felt like going for a walk with my dog. I didn’t feel like going to work, I felt like making some tea and watching a movie. But I knew there were a lot of people who were counting on me going to work. To read the rest of the […]

068: Do you mind?

Welcome to Boxcar English, where there’s always room for you. My name is Karl. Mm! It’s good to see you! Come on this train, let’s ride together. I’ve got another story to tell. [0:35] Hi there. I was hoping to see you today – just had something on my mind. There was this funny moment I had yesterday, and I wanted to tell you about it. I was at work, you know I work as a janitor, cleaning a school. I have this big broom that’s about a meter wide, and I push it up and down the hallways. Well, […]

067: I was wondering

[0:00] Welcome to Boxcar English, where there’s always room for you. My name is Karl. It’s good to see you. Get on this train, let’s ride. I’ve got another story to tell. [0:33] I woke up this morning, as usual, at 6 o’clock. I need to wake up at 6 to get to work at 7, so everything can be ready for school to start at 8. When I wake up now that it’s May, the sun is already almost out. The mornings are getting brighter. Birds are singing out there – I can hear them through the walls. I was […]

066: Where was I born?

It’s impossible to know where you were born. Have you ever thought about that? Being born is something that nobody remembers. Well, everybody that I have ever asked has told me they don’t remember being born. And they always act like it’s a strange question to ask. I can tell because they laugh a little bit when they say, “No, I don’t remember being born.” It seems silly because it seems obvious. Everyone knows that no one remembers being born. But, at the same time, almost everyone believes they know where they were born. Really, the best we can do […]

065: Rainy Day Rock and Roll Living Room Golf

This episode continues the story begun in episode 052: Postcards from Janet. In that episode, my cousin Janet sent me a postcard to tell me she was coming to visit in April. Well, it’s April now and Janet came with her two kids, Buddy and Eddie. I was going to take the kids to the playground, but it rained! I had to think of something — and I remembered something my Uncle Jerry — Janet’s dad — did with us on a rainy day a long time ago when we were kids. Transcript sample: ====== Welcome to Boxcar English Where […]