Is Mommy Near the Phone?

The telephone rings.

“Hello?”

“Hi honey this is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?”

“No, Daddy. She’s upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Johnny.”

After a brief pause, Daddy says, “But honey, you haven’t got an Uncle Johnny.”

“Oh yes I do, and he’s upstairs in the bedroom with Mommy, right now.”

Another brief pause.

“Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy that Daddy’s car just pulled into the driveway.”

“Okay Daddy, just a minute.”

A minute later, the little girl returns to the phone, “I did it, Daddy.”

“And what happened, honey?” 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 isn’t moving at all.”

“Oh my God. What about your Uncle Johnny?”

“He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too. He was scared and jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn’t know that you took out the water last week to clean it. He hit the bottom of the pool, and I think he’s dead.”

Long Pause.

“Swimming pool?”

“Yes.”

Longer pause.

“Is this 555-2368?”

“No, it’s not, you must have the wrong number.”

Click.