From Marina Janko on Fri, 11 Sep 1998 13:28:09 +0200 (MET DST)
> HOW TO GIVE THE BAD NEWS
> ======================================
> Phil goes to Europe and leaves his favorite dog
> with his brother James. while in Europe, Phil calls
> James to check on his dog and asks: "so James, hows
> my favorite dog doing??" and James very tersely says
>
> "Your dog is dead" "
>
> What??" says Phil "you can't just tell someone
> their favorite dog is dead without a warning, you
> have to ease them into it."
>
> "How" says James. "Well, the first day i call, tell
> me my dog is on the roof" remarked Phil "tell me the
> dog is going to be fine and not to worry.
>
> The next day, when I call to ask about my dog, tell me
> that you were about to get her down, when it junpped off
> of the roof and broke its leg, tell me the doctors say it
> will be ok,but it will have to stay at the vets for a while.
> Are you getting all of this???" "Yes" says
> James" "Good." remarks Phil. "then the next day when i
> call back, tell me that there was severe internal
> bleeding that the vet didn't pick up and that my
> favorite dog died at 2:00 this morning.
> that way it won't be such a shock to me. Got it??"
>
> "Yes." "Good, so, hows Grandma doing?" asks Phil.
>
> "Well..." James replies "she's on the roof"
Pozdrav iz Rovinja. Marina Janko
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