A man sleeps and waits for good news.  A woman wants to divorce her husband because his mother farts too much. A man marries a snake.
and since he'd stopped working, 
they got poorer and poorer.
Como no trabajaban, se hicieron más pobres
Como no trabajaban, se hicieron más pobres
Desde que ele parou de trabalhar,
eles ficaram cada vez mais pobres.