squiffy2
January 23rd, 2007, 09:03 AM
"HOW DID IT HAPPEN?" the doctor asked the middle-aged roofer as
he set the man's broken leg.
"Well, doc, 25 years ago ..."
"Never mind the past. Tell me how you broke your leg this morning."
"Like I was saying... 25 years ago, when I first started working
on the farm, I was a strapping young fellow, that night, right
after I'd gone to bed, the farmer's beautiful daughter came into
my room. She asked me if there was anything I wanted.
I said, "No, everything is fine."
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"I'm sure," I said.
"Isn't there anything I can do for you?" she wanted to know. "I
reckon not," I replied.
"Excuse me," said the doctor, "What does this story have to do
with your leg?"
"Well, this morning," the roofer explained, "when it dawned on
me what she meant, I fell off the roof!"
he set the man's broken leg.
"Well, doc, 25 years ago ..."
"Never mind the past. Tell me how you broke your leg this morning."
"Like I was saying... 25 years ago, when I first started working
on the farm, I was a strapping young fellow, that night, right
after I'd gone to bed, the farmer's beautiful daughter came into
my room. She asked me if there was anything I wanted.
I said, "No, everything is fine."
"Are you sure?" she asked.
"I'm sure," I said.
"Isn't there anything I can do for you?" she wanted to know. "I
reckon not," I replied.
"Excuse me," said the doctor, "What does this story have to do
with your leg?"
"Well, this morning," the roofer explained, "when it dawned on
me what she meant, I fell off the roof!"