Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving Divorce

A man in Jacksonville calls his son in San Diego two days before Thanksgiving and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough."

"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.

“We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Denver and tell her."

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this."

She calls Jacksonville immediately, and screams at her father, "You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.

The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "they're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own way.”

6 comments:

Beth Cotell said...

Ha! That's a good one!

I'll have to remember that "technique" in the future because I may need it to get my kids home for the holidays!

Rosemary/sonrie said...

clever and funny!

Happy Thanksgiving!

OhCaptain said...

I was laughing so hard at this on the drive to the in-laws, my eyes were tearing up.

Thank you!

Damama T said...

Well fudgesticks! Why didn't I think of that! LOL!

Hope your day was filled with love and lots of great memories.

Kathy said...

How cute! Thanks for the laugh.

Lisa said...

lol