Condolences

[McMouse]

Minutes before the cremation, the undertaker quietly sat down next to the grieving widow. "How old was your husband?" he asked.

"He was ninety-eight," she answered softly. "Two years older than I am."

"Really?" the undertaker said. "Hardly worth going home, wouldn't you say?"


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[factor-fiction]

Err, should this be under Phrases and Sayings? The nearest match for a subsection would be Quotes.

[chrispybacon]

I suppose so. It's nearlly a dead certainty!