About Luck

"About Luck"*

*Her husband has been slipping in and out
of a coma for several months, yet she stayed
by his bedside every single day. When he
came to, he motioned for her to come nearer.

As she sat by him, he said, "You know what?
You have been with me all through the bad
times. When I got fired, you were there to support me.

When my business fell, you were there.

When I got shot, you were by my side.

When we lost the house, you gave me support.

When my health started failing, you were still by my side.

When I think about it now, I think you bring me bad luck."

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"Sleeping in the Car"*

*A man had been driving all night and by morning was
still far from his destination. He decided to stop at
the next city he came to, and park somewhere quiet so
he could get an hour or two of sleep. As luck would
have it, the quiet place he chose happened to be on one
of the city's major jogging routes. No sooner had he
settled back to snooze when there came a knocking on
his window. He looked out and saw a jogger running in place.

"Yes?"

"Excuse me, sir," the jogger said, "do you have the
time?" The man looked at the car clock and answered,
"8:15". The jogger said thanks and left. The man
settled back again, and was just dozing off when there
was another knock on the window and another jogger.

"Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?"

"8:25!"

The jogger said thanks and left. Now the man could see
other joggers passing by and he knew it was only a
matter of time before another one disturbed him. To
avoid the problem, he got out a pen and paper and put a
sign in his window saying, "I do not know the time!"
Once again he settled back to sleep. He was just dozing
off when there was another knock on the window.

"Sir, sir? It's 8:45."
Received on Thu Oct 29 07:30:24 2009