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To: Night Writer who wrote (43076)1/11/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd  Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 97611
 
**************** OT *************** NW.............

An Irishman named Murphy went to his doctor after a long illness.
The doctor, after a lengthy examination, sighed and looked
Murphy in the eye and said, .I"ve some bad news for you... you have
cancer and it can"t be cured. I"d give you two weeks to a month.-
Murphy, shocked and saddened by the news, but of solid
character, managed to compose himself and walk from the doctor"s
office into the waiting room. There he saw his son who had been
waiting. Murphy said, .Son, we Irish celebrate when things are good and
celebrate when things don"t go so well. In this case, things aren"t so
well. I
have cancer and I"ve been given a short time to live. Let"s head for the
pub and have a few pints. After three or four pints the two were feeling a
little
less somber.
There were some laughs and more beers. They were eventually
approached by some of Murphy"s old friends who asked what the two were
celebrating. Murphy told them that the Irish celebrate the good and the
bad... He went on to tell them that they were drinking to his impending
end.
He told his friends . I"ve only got a few weeks to live as I have
been diagnosed with AIDS.- The friends gave Murphy their condolences
and they had a couple more beers. After his friends left, Murphy"s son
leaned over and whispered his confusion...-Dad, I thought you said that
you
were dying from cancer? You just told your friends that you were dying
from
AIDS?- Murphy said, .
I am dying from cancer, son, I just don"t want any of them sleeping with your mother after I'm gone.