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The funniest story in the world

frobro by frobro · Oct 21, 2003 · 177 views · Journal

Samantha sent me this story I nearly dropped a brick when I read it.
Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I'm lying. On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied anyway, because the truth was just too darned humiliating. I simply mentioned that I had sustained a head injury, and I hoped I would feel up to coming in the next day. By then, I reasoned, I could think up a doozy to explain the bandage on the top of my head. The accident occurred mainly because I had given in to my wife's wishes to adopt a cute little kitty. Initially, the new acquisition was no problem. Then one morning, I was taking my shower after breakfast when I heard my wife, Deb, call out to me from the kitchen. "Honey, The garbage disposal is dead again. Please come reset it."
"You know where the button is," I protested through the shower pitter-patter and steam. "Reset it yourself!" "But I'm scared!"
She persisted. "What if it starts going and sucks me in?" There was a meaningful pause and then, "C'mon, it'll only take you a second.?
So out I came, dripping wet and buck naked, hoping that my silent outraged nudity would make a statement about how I perceived her behavior as extremely cowardly. Sighing loudly, I squatted down and stuck my head under the sink to find the button. It is the last action I remember performing. It struck without warning, and without any respect to my circumstances. No, it was not the hexed disposal, drawing me into its gnashing metal teeth. It was our new kitty, who discovered the fascinating dangling objects she spied hanging between my legs. She had been poised around the corner and stalked me as I reached under the sink. And, at the precise moment when I was most vulnerable, she leapt at the toys I unwittingly offered and snagged them with her needle-like claws. I lost all rational thought to control orderly bodily movements, blindly rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten hanging from my masculine region. Wild animals are sometimes faced with a fight or flight syndrome. Men, in this predicament, choose only the "flight" option. I know this from experience. I was fleeing straight up into the air when the sink and cabinet bluntly and forcefully impeded my ascent. The impact knocked me out cold. When I awoke, my wife and the paramedics stood over me. Now there are not many things in this life worse than finding oneself lying on the kitchen floor buck naked in front of a group of "been-here, done-that" paramedics. Even worse, having been fully briefed by my wife, the paramedics were all snorting loudly as they tried to conduct their work, all the while trying to suppress their hysterical laughter....
...and not succeeding. Somehow, I lived through it all. A few days later I finally made it back in to the office, where colleagues tried to coax an explanation out of me about my head injury. I kept silent, claiming it was too painful to talk about. Which it was. "What's the matter?" They all asked, "Cat got your tongue?" If they only knew!

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#1 toxicgirlOG 2003

Hahahaha...I thought that stuff only happened in movies. The whole "always wear clean underwear" saying doesn't really apply to you.

fivezero #2 fivezeroOG 2003

this is the funniest story EVER. even better than my plunger story.

fivezero #3 fivezeroOG 2003

did your wife run and get a pair of shorts for you to wear or something? or didja just lie there naked whole time?

iwz #3.1 iwz

read the first sentence again: Samantha sent me this story I nearly dropped a brick when I read it.

fivezero #3.1.1 fivezeroOG 2003

oh boy! good eye, man. lol. i was thinking--wow, this kid's married!? and my next question was gonna be if he had to get his fro shaved off.

bizarret #4 bizarretOG 2003

i think i speak for every guy when i say that as i read this.... i actually could feel the claws shredding my own flesh. it hurts just thinking about it...

hunkpapap #5 hunkpapapOG 2003

This is the greatest story ever told. AND, it is just another reason not to own a cat.....

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#6 jollycandymanOG 2001

so when he got to work the next day, did he get sacked I wonder? There i said it

ilikebirds #7 ilikebirdsOG 2002

"blindly rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten hanging from my masculine region." ... i once experienced this.. but rather it was a hamster.. .. point is.. the weight of a cat.. dangling from your man dispenser.. that just ain't kosher.. by no means.. is it alright.

fivezero #7.1 fivezeroOG 2003

johnny carson: goodnight, folks! we will no longer be on the air after tonights show..

omegatweeter #7.1.1 omegatweeterOG 2003

*ed mcmahon laugh*

fivezero #7.1.1.1 fivezeroOG 2003

perfect, peter. thats exactly how i imagined it!

tesoro #8 tesoroOG 2001

HAHAHAH this was hysterical...

sorry guys, but i love cats.

ophelia #9 opheliaOG 2003

hahahhahahaa....now, is this a true story?..I'm assuming no..whatever the case, that was freakin great

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