It's Saturday morning and John's just about to set off on a round
of golf when he realizes that he forgot to tell his wife that the guy
who fixes the washing machine is coming by at noon. So John
heads back to the clubhouse and calls home.
"Hello?" says a little girl's voice.
"Hi, honey, it's Daddy," says John, "Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Fred."
After a brief pause, John says, "But you haven't got an Uncle
Fred, honey!"
"Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy!"
"Okay, then. Here's what I want you do. Put the phone down,
run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout in to
Mommy and Uncle Fred that my car's just pulled up outside
the house."
"Okay, Daddy!" A few minutes later, the little girl comes
back to the phone, "Well, I did what you said, Daddy."
"And, what happened?" John asks.
"Well, Mommy jumped out of bed and ran around screaming,
then she tripped over the rug and went out the front window
and now she's all dead."
"Oh, my God! What about Uncle Fred?" John panicks.
"He jumped out of bed too, and he was all scared, and he
jumped out the back window into the swimming pool. But he
must have forgotten that last week you took out all the water
to clean it, so he hit the bottom of the swimming pool and
now he's dead too."
There is a long pause.....
Then John nervously asks, "Swimming pool? Is this 555-3097?"
of golf when he realizes that he forgot to tell his wife that the guy
who fixes the washing machine is coming by at noon. So John
heads back to the clubhouse and calls home.
"Hello?" says a little girl's voice.
"Hi, honey, it's Daddy," says John, "Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Fred."
After a brief pause, John says, "But you haven't got an Uncle
Fred, honey!"
"Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy!"
"Okay, then. Here's what I want you do. Put the phone down,
run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout in to
Mommy and Uncle Fred that my car's just pulled up outside
the house."
"Okay, Daddy!" A few minutes later, the little girl comes
back to the phone, "Well, I did what you said, Daddy."
"And, what happened?" John asks.
"Well, Mommy jumped out of bed and ran around screaming,
then she tripped over the rug and went out the front window
and now she's all dead."
"Oh, my God! What about Uncle Fred?" John panicks.
"He jumped out of bed too, and he was all scared, and he
jumped out the back window into the swimming pool. But he
must have forgotten that last week you took out all the water
to clean it, so he hit the bottom of the swimming pool and
now he's dead too."
There is a long pause.....
Then John nervously asks, "Swimming pool? Is this 555-3097?"
