<title> Back From the Business Trip – Joke 25 </title>

<B><P>Back from the Business Trip</P>

</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2><P>A gentleman is returning home after a lengthy trip,and is met by his servant at the station. This is the conversation that they have on their way to his home.</P>

<P>"So, has anything happened while I've been away?"</P>

<P>"No, sir, I can't think of anything at all worth mentioning."</P>

<P>"Come now, I've been away for weeks. Surely something must have happened in all that time."</P>

<P>"Well, sir, come to think of it, your dog died."</P>

<P>"My *dog* died? How awful! Still, he was getting on in years, and I suppose it had to happen some time. How did he die?"</P>

<P>"The vet said it was probably from eating the rotten meat."</P>

<P>"The rotten meat? Since when do we leave rotten meat lying around for the dog to eat?"</P>

<P>"Well, it was the horses, sir. They'd been rotting for some time after the barn burned down."</P>

<P>"Good heavens. How in the world did the barn burn down?"</P>

<P>"It must have been some embers that blew over from the house, sir."</P>

<P>"The *house*? The house burnt down, too? How did the house burn down?"</P>

<P>"Well, sir, we think someone must have knocked over a candle."</P>

<P>"Oh. ... Wait a moment - we don't use candles anymore to light the house! What were the candles doing there?"</P>

<P>"They were there for the wake, sir."</P>

<P>"The wake?!? Whose wake?"</P>

<P>"Your mother's, sir. She passed away quite suddenly."</P>

<P>"Oh my Lord. Mother is dead. The house is gone, along with the stable. Even my dog is dead. What did Mother die of?"</P>

<P>"It must have been the shock, sir."</P>

<P>"The shock."</P>

<P>"Yes, sir, the shock. When your wife ran off with the handyman the day after you left, sir. But aside from all that, it's been fairly quiet while you've been away, sir."</P>

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