Subj : FidoGazette Vol 12 no 23 Page: 2
To   : All
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Wed Jun 06 2018 21:02:26

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    The last laugh...

    A writer was on vacation when his neighbor phoned him.  Without
    preamble the neighbor announced the writer's cat, who was in
    his care while its owner was away, had just died.

    The writer's response was not what the neighbor expected.

    "Look, my friend, we writers have learned that you can't just
    drop information on someone without setting it up first.  The
    setup, in instances such as this, is to soften the blow whilst
    creating tension and expectancy.  You should have started with
    something like 'your cat has climbed up a tree'.  Then, the next
    day you could call again and say 'the cat is still up in the
    tree.  It won't come down.' After waiting another day, say 'the
    cat was still up there so I called the fire department.' Wait a
    couple of hours, then call and say 'the fireman placed a ladder
    against the tree and started up.  The cat panicked and fell to
    its death.' That way I would have gradually prepared myself for
    the news.  That's how a writer would do it."

    Two day's later, the writer's phone rang in the middle of the
    night.  It was the neighbor again.

    "Your mother has climbed up a tree"


    FIDOGAZETTE  Vol 12 No 23    Page  2         June 06, 2018


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