A Touching tory of Marriage

An elderly man lay dying in his bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up
the stairs.


He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed.
Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom,
and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the
railing with both hands.


With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the
kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself
already in heaven. There, spread out upon newspapers on the kitchen
table were literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.


Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted
wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?

Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table,landing on his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched lips parted;
the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth; seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and withered hand, shaking made
its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked
with a spatula by his wife.

"Stay out of those," she said, "they're for the funeral."

OMG *snickers and cringes simultaneously*

This is exactly why I plan to die peacefully in my sleep....





Unlike my spouse, who will be screaming bloody murder from the passenger's seat as my car plummets off the cliff.....

Doooooh

I didn't get this joke? Was the wife trying to kill her husband and then eat all the cookies herself as a glutinous reward? Because you know what they say about "chocolate"...

Why is this in General?

You're in off topic dear.

Torley, I think its supposed to be funny because the wife was being cruel - there's an element of ridicule in the overly sadistic.
It's also a bit non-sequitur. Out of character, if you will.

Torley, Watch an old married couple around an event like a birthday or christmas and the old man will invariably try and sneak some food before the event and the wife usually smacks his hand and say something to the effect of " thats for the guests" or " not until the party has started".

Thanks, I'm a total goober when it comes to this social situation. (Yeah, like Data from Star Trek:TNG. Hehehe.)

I'm gonna have to watch more elderly couples interact.

Ah, to grow old together.

I will refrain from posting any pictures of Edwina Currie under this topic heading "a touching Tory", for reasons of public taste and decency.

Oh, I thought it said a touching Torley. And, why won't she touch me?

Then there was the elderly man who killed his dying wife with shock, after he cleaned the house and changed her bedsheets....

Consider yourself touched. *touches Devlin*

LMAO..good Ol chocolate!...But yea I did't get the joke either Torley.

Hey, all I know is I'm *so* at that funeral.... Mmmmmm, chocolate!