Uncle Frank

"Uncle Frank"

It's Saturday morning. Bob'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 around at noon. So Bob heads back to the
clubhouse and phones home.

"Hello" Says a little girl's voice.

"Hi, honey, it's Daddy," says Bob.

"Is Mommy near the phone?"

"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle
Frank."

After a brief pause, Bob says, "But you haven't got an
Uncle Frank, Honey!"

"Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy!"

"Okay, then. Here's what I want you to do. Put down the
phone, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door
and shout to Mommy and Uncle Frank that daddy's car
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?"

"Well, Mommy jumped out of bed with no clothes on
and ran around screaming; then she tripped over the
rug and fell down the front steps and she's just lying
there."

"Oh my G~d! And what about Uncle Frank?"

"He jumped out of bed with no clothes on, and he was
all scared and he jumped out the back window into the
swimming pool. But he must have forgot that last week
you took out all the water to clean it, so he hit the bottom
of the swimming pool and is just lying there too, not
moving."

There is a long pause, then Bob says, "Swimming pool?
We don't have a swimming pool...Is this 555-7039?"
Received on Tue Aug 7 12:33:25 2007