"Hi honey. This is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul."
After a brief pause.
Daddy says, "But, honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul."
"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now."
Brief Pause,
"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on
the table, run upstairs, knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy
that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway."
"Okay, Daddy, just a minute."
A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone. "I did it Daddy."
"And what happened, honey?" he asked. "Well, Mommy got all scared,
jumped out of bed with no clothes on, and ran around screaming. Then she
tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser, and now she isn't moving at
all!"
"Oh, my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?"
He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too. He was all scared,
and he jumped out of the back window into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't
know that you took out the water last week. He hit the bottom of the pool, and I
think he's dead."
Long Pause.
Longer Pause.
Even Longer Pause.
Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool? . . . Is this 486-5731?
"No, Daddy. She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul."
After a brief pause.
Daddy says, "But, honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul."
"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now."
Brief Pause,
"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on
the table, run upstairs, knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy
that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway."
"Okay, Daddy, just a minute."
A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone. "I did it Daddy."
"And what happened, honey?" he asked. "Well, Mommy got all scared,
jumped out of bed with no clothes on, and ran around screaming. Then she
tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser, and now she isn't moving at
all!"
"Oh, my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?"
He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too. He was all scared,
and he jumped out of the back window into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't
know that you took out the water last week. He hit the bottom of the pool, and I
think he's dead."
Long Pause.
Longer Pause.
Even Longer Pause.
Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool? . . . Is this 486-5731?
