>The phone call > >((( ring ))) > >((((((((((( ring-g-g-g-g))))))))))) > >***pick up*** > > > >"Hello?" > > > >"Hi, honey, this is Daddy .... Is your Mommy near the phone?" > > > >"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Frank," > > > >After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But you haven't got an Uncle Frank, > > > >honey! > > > >"Oh Yes, I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now!" > > > >"Uh, Okay, then ... here's what I want you do. Put down the phone, run > > > >upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy and Uncle > > > >Frank that Daddy's car's 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?" he asks. > > > >"Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and > > > >ran around screaming, then she tripped over the rug and went flying out > > > >the front window and now she's all dead." > > > >"Oh my God!!!!! And what about your Uncle Frank?" > > > >"He jumped out of bed with no clothes on too 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 now he's all real dead too." > > > >***long pause*** > > > >***more pause**** > > > >Then Daddy says, > > > >"Swimming pool???? Is this 555-7039?"