Magnet Test

"Magnet Test"

Panicking when her toddler swallowing a
tiny magnet; my sister, Betty, rushed him
to the emergency room.

"He'll be fine," the doctor promised her.
"The magnet should pass through his
system in a day or two."

"How will I be sure?" she pressed.

"Well," the doctor suggested, "you could
stick him on the refrigerator. When he
falls off, you'll know."

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"Show and Fall"

No good deed goes unpunished. I had
volunteered to tar the roof on my father's
shed. I was about halfway done when I
slipped and fell flat on my face getting
black goop all over my shirt, my pants, even my hair.

Hearing the thud, Dad looked up. "What happened?"

I got up and began to say, "All I did was..."
when my feet shot out from under me and
I flipped into the tarry mess a second time.

"You know," Dad said dryly, "you could have just told me."
Received on Tue Mar 11 07:50:22 2008