Common Sense Evaluation

Bobby hesitated and sadly told Lenny his cat died.

“What?! You shouldn’t have broken the news to me like that! You should have done it slowly. The first time I called, you should have told me she was on the roof. The second time I called, you should have said there was no way to get her down. The third time I called, you should have told me that you tried to get her off the roof, but she fell down and died,” explained Lenny.

Bobby apologized and went about his day.

About a week later, Lenny called again and asked, “How’s my Granny?”

There was a long silence, and then Bobby replied. “Well, she’s on the roof.”

He died in her home and a few days after his death the smoke alarm in her garage went off. She had lived there 28 years, and it had never gone off before. She couldn’t turn it off so she called the security company that installed it.

The next morning, the smoke alarm sounded again, and the reason finally dawned on her. She said aloud, “Ok dad, I missed the signal yesterday, but I get it now! Thanks for letting me know that you are safe on the other side. Now turn the thing off so I don’t have to call the security company again.” The alarm fell silent.

She immediately called her priest to tell him the good news. His response: “Dear lady, if every time your father sends you a message he sets off the smoke alarm, just where in do you think he’s calling from?”

Everybody was surprised, shocked, and the bride even fainted. The pastor asked the woman if she had anything to say.

The woman replied, “Sorry. We can’t hear in the back.”