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01-13-2007, 08:53 PM
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of a newly-opened
bottle when her phone rang. She asked her four-year-old daughter to
answer it. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child whispered. Then she
said into the phone, "Mommy can't come to the phone right now. She's
hitting the bottle!"
Harry often spent every evening at the local watering hole and never
came home before closing. Since he often had trouble getting the
front door open while drunk, Grace, his wife, had to come downstairs
and let him in. Then she'd scream at him for his behavior. But it had
no effect. One day, Grace complained about Harry's behavior to a
friend who suggested, "Why not treat him differently the next time?
Give him some loving words. Welcome him with a kiss? Maybe that will
make him change his ways." Grace thought it was worth a try since
nothing else seemed to help. So that night, when Harry arrived home
in his usual condition, Grace heard him at the door, quickly opened
it, and let him in. She took his arm, led him to his easy chair, put
his feet up, removed his shoes, then moved behind him and started
massaging his neck and shoulders. When Harry moaned his appreciation,
she whispered, "It's getting late. Do you want to go up to bed now?"
Harry slurred, "Might as well. I'm gonna get my a$s chewed out when I
get home!"
bottle when her phone rang. She asked her four-year-old daughter to
answer it. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child whispered. Then she
said into the phone, "Mommy can't come to the phone right now. She's
hitting the bottle!"
Harry often spent every evening at the local watering hole and never
came home before closing. Since he often had trouble getting the
front door open while drunk, Grace, his wife, had to come downstairs
and let him in. Then she'd scream at him for his behavior. But it had
no effect. One day, Grace complained about Harry's behavior to a
friend who suggested, "Why not treat him differently the next time?
Give him some loving words. Welcome him with a kiss? Maybe that will
make him change his ways." Grace thought it was worth a try since
nothing else seemed to help. So that night, when Harry arrived home
in his usual condition, Grace heard him at the door, quickly opened
it, and let him in. She took his arm, led him to his easy chair, put
his feet up, removed his shoes, then moved behind him and started
massaging his neck and shoulders. When Harry moaned his appreciation,
she whispered, "It's getting late. Do you want to go up to bed now?"
Harry slurred, "Might as well. I'm gonna get my a$s chewed out when I
get home!"