Fun_People Archive
1 Jun
Old Man Murphy

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Sat,  1 Jun 96 13:12:24 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Old Man Murphy

Forwarded-by: Lani Herrmann <lanih@info.sims.berkeley.edu>
Forwarded-by: jmichael@sas.upenn.edu (Jennifer L Michael)
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Old man Murphy had worked down at the brewery for years, but one day he just
wasn't paying attention and he tripped on the walkway and fell into the beer
vat and drowned. The foreman thought it should be his job to inform the
widow Murphy of her old man's death. He showed up at the front door and rang
the bell. When she came to the door, he said, "I'm sorry to tell you, but
poor old Murphy passed away at work today when he fell into the vat and
drowned." She wept and covered her face with her apron and after a time,
between sobs, she asked, "Tell me, did he suffer?" "I don't think so," said
the foreman, "He got out three times to go to the men's room."

© 1996 Peter Langston