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I didn't say it was a GOOD joke...
OblJoke:
Man left town for a couple of days, asking his friend Bob to watch his house for him, visit his mum, feed the cat, etc.
On his way back, he see's Bob and asked him if everything went OK.
Bob says "No, actually, your cat died and --"
"MY CAT DIED? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!? You don't LEAD with 'your cat died...'! "
"Um... I..., "
"You don't just walk up to someone and TELL them their cat died! You have to build up to something like that!"
"But, you don't unde--"
"You should break it to someone gently. Start out a little conversational... tell them everything was fine, and then build up to it."
"Ok, well, I, uh..."
"No, start with something like, 'Your cat got out onto the roof...' and then you kind of work into it. Something like maybe 'I put some food out for it, but it wouldn't eat.' and then you can ease the person into their cat being dead. See? Now, please, you try it."
"Uh, ok. Well, you already know about the cat, so I'll just go on to... well, your mom got out of the house, onto the roof... Oh, and the roof burned down, too."
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