Joke:
How did the cat know
the mouse was hiding behind the refrigerator?
Great Aunt Mary was a virtuous lady in every respect, from her toes all the way up to her hair; in her prime, her step had bounce, and her eyes cast a light that could be seen from the Caspian to the Black Sea, and she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, raddled the ancient stones and walked the path of her beloved Lord Christ.
And now here she was sleeping that perfect sleep and her home nurse had wrapped a white handkerchief from under her chin up and around and knotted it at the top of her silver head. This was to assure that her mouth remained closed, similar to closing a person's eyes after they die, is what I was told.
The nurse had done an exceptional job making Mary presentable, but at the corner of her mouth if one was observant enough, one could see the glistening remains of spittle.
The whole situation came across as rather absurd. Mary, sprawled dead on her couch, aunts, uncles and cousins stalking about and neighbors, with creaking necks trying to get a glimpse.
My father:
They should all be cleaned out, this family, root and branch!
Your cousin has taken it upon herself to call everyone in
Mary's book and notified them that her death, was in no
way a pass on their outstanding loans.
Back up old man, I said
What book, what loans?
What, you didn't know this?
Know what, I came back, that great aunt Mary
was a loan shark?
Loan shark is a bit extreme, she's just helping out her neighbors.
Great, I said, that's what we're going with.
So are you going to finish your joke?
he asked, while flicking his cigarette ash
on the neighbor's door step.
Punchline:
The mouse had parked his bicycle next to the fridge.
