Sunday, April 13, 2008

I Get No Respect Around Here

Journal Entry - April 1

This morning Elder Thompson called me with the following information: “Sister Watterson, Elder Wallace and I were out morning contacting this morning, and he was attacked and bitten by a German Shepherd.” My heart dropped to the floor and I started asking questions: “Is it a bad bite?”
“Yeah, it’s really bad.”
“Where was he bitten?”
“On the leg.”
“Where on the leg? Thigh, calf, front, back. . . .”
“He was bitten on the front of his thigh.”
“Will he need stitches? Are you at the hospital?”
“Yeah, we’re at the hospital and I’m filling out all these forms, and I can’t remember what day it is. Do you know?”
“What DAY IT IS? No, let me try to find a calendar . . . .”
“Oh, wait, Sister Watterson. Someone here just told me that it’s April 1. That would make it April Fool’s Day, wouldn’t it?”

Can anyone spell “gullible?”

3 comments:

HRH mbs said...

Do those elders know how to spell 'heart attack?' Yikes! You are a good sport!

xox, hrhmbs

Niles said...

At least he didn't use the old "and that dog was really pulling on his leg - just like I'm pulling yours..." That would have been too much.

Niles said...

In fact, didn't somebody (Bill Welch? Gary Gurr?) once get you with that exact same joke on April Fool's day about 20 years ago?

Fool Mom once, shame on you; fool her twice...