A Dying Man's Favorite Cookies

"Old People Party Games"

1. Sag - You're It!
2. Pin the Toupee on the Bald Guy
3. 20 Questions Shouted into your Good Ear
4. Kick the Bucket
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the Nurse Says Bend Over
6. Doc, Doc, Goose
7. Simon Says Something Incoherent
8. Hide and Go Sleep
9. Spin the Bottle of Mylanta
10. Musical Wheelchairs

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"A Dying Man's Favorite Cookies"

An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony,
he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate
chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his
remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed.
Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out
of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself
down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands. With
labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing
into the kitchen.

Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself
already in heaven: there, spread out upon newspapers on the
kitchen table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate
chip cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic
love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world
a happy man?

Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the
table, landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched
lips parted; the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his
mouth; seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and
withered hand, shockingly made its way to a cookie at the edge
of the table, when it was suddenly smacked with a spatula by
his wife.

"Stay out of those," she said, "they're for the funeral."
Received on Tue Aug 3 09:45:33 2004