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A Father Calls Home

A Father Calls Home By Elton Camp A little girl answered the phone’s loud ring From it, a man’s voice proceeded to spring “Hello there, Honey, this is your Daddy here. Is Mommy perhaps to the phone very near?” “No, she’s up in the bedroom with Uncle Joe.” “You don’t have an Uncle Joe. That I know.” The next words, the father was infuriated to hear “He comes all time whenever you’re not here.” “Honey, on the bedroom door I want you to knock. Then say you see Daddy’s car coming up the block.” The child returned to the telephone, the caller to tell “I did it, & Mommy’s screaming & Uncle Joe as well.” The woman then fell down the stairs & broke her neck Uncle Joe sped away and was killed in an auto wreck Even stranger, when the Daddy got home all was well Realizing it had been a wrong number, said, “Oh hell.” (Note: This is based on an old joke sent me by James in the U.K. But I’ve changed it a whole lot and feel justified in claiming some ownership of this version.)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 1/29/2012 3:12:00 PM
You did a fantastic job in telling this old joke, I loved it!
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Elton Camp
Date: 1/29/2012 3:32:00 PM
Hey Shirley, Thanks. I shortened it a whole lot from the version that was sent to me and reworded it almost totally, but the gist of it came from someone else. I don't know the original author. Elton
Date: 1/29/2012 1:17:00 PM
"Oh hell"........... :) oxox love Anne-Lise
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Date: 1/29/2012 3:30:00 PM
Thanks for your reads and fun comments. Elton

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