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A man in Florida, in his 80s, calls his son in New York. The father says to the son, "I hate to tell you, but we've got some troubles here in the house. Your mother and I can't stand each other anymore, and we're getting a divorce. I've had it! I want to live out1 the rest of my years in peace. I'm telling you now, so you and your sister shouldn't go into shock later when I move out."
He hangs up2, and the son immediately calls his sister in the Hamptons and tells her the news. The sister says, "I'll handle3 this!"
She calls Florida and says to her father, "Don't do ANYTHING until we get there! We'll be there Wednesday night."
The father agrees, "All right." He hangs up the phone and hollers4 to his wife, "Okay, they're coming for Thanksgiving5. Now, what are we going to tell them for Christmas?"
from David
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