Yes, hello. Who's speaking? Yes madam I work the weekends too, how can I help you? You can't find the meaning? What kind of meaning? Meaning of life? Well, how can I help you with this? Yeah, well, I'm the one who investigates. Hold on, madam, how can I help you find the meaning of life? Does it seem to you I'm a philosopher too? Well, yes, madam, that's how I introduced myself, but I've got no business with this kind of things. Come on, you're pushing your luck, people used to call 911 when they got bored, not my office. But, Madam, have you looked under the bed?
(Translated by Mihaela Guţu / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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