Bad Day

Upon arriving home,a husband was met at the door by h...is sobbing wife. Tearfully she explained,"It's the druggist. He insulted me terribly this morning on the phone. "

Immediately,the husband drove downtown to confront the druggist and demand an apology.

Before he could say more than a word or two,the druggist told him,"Now, just a minute,listen to my side of it. This morning the alarm failed to go off,so I was late getting up. I went without breakfast and hurried out to the car,just to realize that I'd locked the house with both house and car keys inside and had to break a window to get my keys.

"Then,driving a little too fast,I got a speeding ticket. Later,when I was about three blocks from the store,I had a flat tire."

"When I finally got to the store a bunch of people were waiting for me to open up. I got the store opened and started waiting on these people,all the time the darn phone was ringing off the hook."

He continued,"Then I had to break a roll of nickels against the cash register drawer to make change,and they spilled all over the floor. I had to get down on my hands and knees to pick up the nickels and the phone was still ringing. When I came up I cracked my head on the open cash drawer, which made me stagger back against a showcase with a bunch of perfume bottles on it. Half of them hit the floor and broke."

"Meanwhile,the phone is still ringing with no let up,and I finally got back to answer it. It was your wife. She wanted to know how to use a rectal thermometer.

And believe me mister, as God is my witness,all I did was tell her.."