Subject: Aunt Emma
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 09:05:54 EDT
"Aunt Emma"
A couples happy married life almost went
on the rocks because of the presence in
the household of old Aunt Emma. For
seventeen long years she lived with them,
always crotchety, always demanding.
Finally, the old girl died.
On the way back from the cemetery, the
husband confessed to his wife, "Darling,
if I didn't love you so much, I don't think I
would have put up with having your Aunt
Emma in the house all those years."
His wife looked at him aghast. "My Aunt
Emma!" she cried. "I thought she was
'your' Aunt Emma!"
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"Feeding Pigeons"
My mom, a difficult independent, likes sitting
by the park feeding the pigeons.
One day she brought with her a whole bun of
fresh bread just to feed her daily company.
Little by little, pinch by pinch, she fed each
pigeon with joy. She sat there without being
noticed by anyone in our rich suburban
neighborhood.
Then suddenly a man in his early 40s rained
on my mom's parade by telling her that she
shouldn't throw away good food on a bunch
of pigeons that can find food anywhere when
there are a lot of people starving in Africa.
Then my mother said in crazed anger and
without hesitation, "Well, I can't throw that far!"
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