The father of one of the boot-camp recruits died, and the sergeant-in-charge has been told to deliver the news gently. He faces the troop at the morning gathering and says:
"Those with living male parents, ste-eeep OUT!" So the boy does. The sergeant comes up to him and says: "And what the (expletive deleted) do you think *you* are doing here?"...
From: T.H.
While he was away on vacation, a man asked his brother to cat-sit for him.?When he called to check on the cat, his brother said, “I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but your cat is dead.”
Shocked, the man hung up.
Later on, he called his brother again to take him to task.?“You should not have told me so abruptly that the my pet was dead.? You could have led up to it so it wasn’t such a shock.”
The brother said, “Okay, then you tell me, how should I have told you ?”
After a moment to gather his thoughts, the man began :
“Well, the first time I called, you could have said the cat was on the roof and you were coaxing it come back in – it looked like it was about ready to come down, too.?So that when I called the next day, you could have told me it didn’t come down after all, but you had called the fire department and when they could make time they’d be over to help, and you’d just heard from them and they were coming. And then when I called the third day I would have known there was a big problem and I’d have been more ready to hear something like the firemen made a valiant effort but the cat got scared at the last minute and jumped off the roof itself and died. At least I’d have known that other people cared about my pet, too. Anyway, how’s Mom ?”
Brother hesitates, then says “Well, you see, it’s like this; Mom’s on the roof?...?”
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