07-01-2012, 04:56 PM
Guy goes on a vacation with his family, first one he's had in years, and asks his brother to come stay at the family farm to watch over the pets and their elderly grandmother. After a week or so the guy calls home to check on things and asks his brother how it's going.
"Well, your cat's dead," says the brother.
The man is stunned and asks what happened and the brother says, "Fell off the roof."
After taking a few moments to collect himself, the man tells his brother, "Listen, Joey, you can't just spring terrible news like that on somebody, 'Well your cat's dead'. You gotta soften the blow a little, kinda lead them up to it gently so it isn't a shock."
"How so?" says the brother.
"For starters, don't just blurt it out. Say something like, 'Hey, there's some awful news. See, the cat was upstairs in the attic, and we had left the window open, and she crawled out on the roof chasing a bird, but the roof was slick from the rain we had, and then the cat slipped and fell before we could catch her, and I'm afraid she didn't make it.' Something like that, you know?"
The brother says, "I never thought of it that way, you're right. I'm sorry bro."
The man says, "That's okay, no real harm done. So how's Gramma?"
The brother pauses and says, "Well, Gramma was up in the attic, see, and she crawled out onto the roof chasing this bird..."
"Well, your cat's dead," says the brother.
The man is stunned and asks what happened and the brother says, "Fell off the roof."
After taking a few moments to collect himself, the man tells his brother, "Listen, Joey, you can't just spring terrible news like that on somebody, 'Well your cat's dead'. You gotta soften the blow a little, kinda lead them up to it gently so it isn't a shock."
"How so?" says the brother.
"For starters, don't just blurt it out. Say something like, 'Hey, there's some awful news. See, the cat was upstairs in the attic, and we had left the window open, and she crawled out on the roof chasing a bird, but the roof was slick from the rain we had, and then the cat slipped and fell before we could catch her, and I'm afraid she didn't make it.' Something like that, you know?"
The brother says, "I never thought of it that way, you're right. I'm sorry bro."
The man says, "That's okay, no real harm done. So how's Gramma?"
The brother pauses and says, "Well, Gramma was up in the attic, see, and she crawled out onto the roof chasing this bird..."