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---------- > Fra: Joao Paulo Carvalho <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: Story(humor) > Dato: 5. juli 1997 21:18 > > Dear friends have a nice weekend and get this story that came up in a > Florida's newspaper : > ------- > > Our story is not complete without telling of a man who could not give > a convincing explanation about his broken arm. He kept muttering > something about trying to stick his arm through his car window that he > thought was down..... That was the public version, in private, he > confessed that it happened when his wife brought some potted plants > indoors after they had been out on the patio all day. A friendly > garter snake had hidden in one of the pots, and later slithered out > across the floor, and the wife spotted it. "I was in the bathtub when > I heard her scream," he related. "I thought she was being murdered, so > I jumped out of the tub, and ran to help her. I didn't even grab a > towel." "When I ran into the living room, she yelled that a snake was > under the couch. I got down on all fours to look for it, and just then > my dog came up from behind and 'cold- nosed' me. I guess I thought it > was the snake, and I fainted dead away. "My wife thought I'd had a > heart attack and called for an ambulance. I was still groggy when the > medics arrived, and lifted me onto a stretcher." "Just as they were > carrying me out, the snake came out from under the couch, and > obviously frightened one of the medics. He dropped his end of the > stretcher..... and that is when I broke my arm." > ------------- > Cheers, > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > | [log in to unmask] | > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ Hello Joao, I`m looking forward every week-end to have a new story :-)) Sonia N Denmark NEVER GIVE UP