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From: spear@ihopb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: animals and mothers
Message-ID: <144@ihopb.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Nov-83 15:08:53 EST
Article-I.D.: ihopb.144
Posted: Sun Nov 13 15:08:53 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Nov-83 09:08:38 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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A man left his very valuable and much loved Siamese cat with his brother while
he was gone on vacation.  When the man returned home, he called his brother and
inquired about his cat.  His brother gave a very curt reply:  He's dead!.  

The man was inconsolable, but after several days was able to talk again to his
brother.  During their conversation the man said, "You know, it would have been
much kinder, if you had broken the news of my cat's death to me gently.  You 
could have told me first that he was playing on the roof.  Later you could
have told me he fell off the roof and broke his leg.  And then when I came to
pick him up you could have told me that he passed away during the night.  By
the way, how is Mom?"

The brother thought a moment before he gave his reply and then said, "She is
playing on the roof."