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St Patricks Day edition:

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Murphy had a cat which he dearly loved. When he needed to go away on a trip, he left his brother Paddy at home to take care of the house and watch the cat. After about 10 days, Murphy called Paddy to check on things. He asked,

“How’s the cat?”

“I have bad news,” Paddy said, “The cat is dead.”

“Oh my God,” said Murphy. “What an awful shock. How could you just blurt something like that out, knowing the terrible effect it would have on me?”

“What would you want me to say?” said Paddy.

“Well,” said Murphy, “You should have broken it to me in stages, a little at a time.”

“How?” said Paddy.

“First,” said Murphy, “when I asked about the cat, you should have said, ‘The cat’s on

the roof, and we can’t get her down.’ Then, a couple days later, you should have said, ‘There was a terrible rain storm, and it washed the cat off the roof, but we took it to the vet.’ Then later you should have said, ‘The vet says the cat has pneumonia.’ Then, the next day, you should have told me that the cat’s condition was worse. Then, finally, you should have said, ‘We did everything we could to save the cat, but the cat died.’

That way, I could have absorbed the bad news a little at a time, and it wouldn’t have

been so hard to take.”

“Oh,” said Paddy. “I suppose you have a point.”

“Well, what’s done is done,” said Murphy.

“By the way, how’s mom?”

Long silence…

“Mom’s on the roof and we can’t get her down!”

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