Fred Abernathy was a devoted reader of the obituary
column of his local paper. All of Fred’s friends knew
of this habit, so one day they decided to play a trick
on him by placing his name and picture in the obituaries.
The following morning Fred picked up his newspaper, turned
to the obituary page, and there he saw his name, his
biography and his photo. Startled, he went to the telephone
and rang up his pal, George. “Listen,” he said. “Do
you have the morning paper? You do? Please turn to the
obituary page. You have? What do you see in the second
column? “There was a pause, then George said, “Holy smoke!
It’s you, Fred! It’s you all right! Listen, where are you
calling from?”