A man was away on a business trip and decided to call his wife to let her know he had arrived safely.
A little girl picks up the phone. βHello?β βHi, honey. This is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?β Daddy asks.
No, Daddy. Sheβs upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.β
After a brief pause, Daddy says, βBut, honey, you havenβt got an Uncle Paul.β
βOh, yes I do, and heβs upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now.β
Dad takes a second to process this, then speaks. βUh, OK, then this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs, knock on the bedroom door, and shout to Mommy that Daddyβs car just pulled into the driveway.β
A few minutes later the little girl comes back to the phone.
βI did it, Daddy!β βAnd what happened, honey?β he asked.
Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on, and ran around screaming. Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isnβt moving at all!β
βOh my God! What about your Uncle Paul?β
He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too. He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didnβt know that you took out the water last week to clean it. He hit the bottom of the pool and I think heβs dead.β
A long, silent pause. Then Daddy says, βSwimming pool? β¦ Is this 486-5731?β
