[1888] in Humor
HUMOR: The Cat and the Milkman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 12 12:52:11 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 12:30:44 EST
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:57:39 -0500
From: Joe Ziehler <ziehler@psicorp.com>
THE CAT AND THE MILKMAN
Little Lucy went out into the garden and saw her cat Tiddles lying on
the ground with its eyes shut and its legs in the air. She fetched her
Dad to look at Tiddles, and on seeing the cat he said, as gently as he
could, "I'm afraid Tiddles is dead, Lucy".
"So why are his legs sticking up in the air like that, Daddy?" asked
Lucy as she fought back the tears.
At a loss for something to say the father replied, "Tiddles' legs are
pointing straight up in the air so that it will be easier for Jesus to
float down from heaven above and grab a leg and lift Tiddles up to
heaven". Little Lucy seemed to take her Tiddles death quite well.
However, two days later when her father came home from work Lucy had
tears in her eyes and said: "Mommy almost died this morning".
Fearing something terrible had happened the father shook the girl and
shouted, "How do you mean Lucy? Tell Daddy!
"Well", mumbled Lucy, "soon after you left for work this morning I saw
mommy lying on the floor with her legs in the air and she was
shouting, "Oh Jesus! I'm coming, I'm coming!!!" and if it hadn't been
for the milkman holding her down she would definitely have gone,
Daddy".
