- Location
- Watchung, NJ
WHY PARENTS DRINK
>>> >
>>> > The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about
>>> > an urgent problem with one of the main computers, dialed the
>>> > employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper.
>>> >
>>> > "Hello."
>>> >
>>> > "Is your daddy home?" he asked.
>>> >
>>> > "Yes," whispered the small voice.
>>> >
>>> > "May I talk with him?"
>>> >
>>> > The child whispered, "No."
>>> >
>>> > Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is
>>> > your Mommy there?"
>>> >
>>> > "Yes."
>>> >
>>> > "May I talk with her?"
>>> >
>>> > Again the small voice whispered, "No."
>>> >
>>> > Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the
>>> > boss asked, "Is anybody else there?"
>>> >
>>> > "Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman."
>>> >
>>> > Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss
>>> > asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
>>> >
>>> > "No, he's busy", whispered the child.
>>> >
>>> > "Busy doing what?"
>>> >
>>> > "Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered
>>>answer.
>>> >
>>> > Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a
>>> > helicopter through the earpiece on the phone the boss asked, "What is
>>>that noise?"
>>> >
>>> > "A hello-copper" answered the whispering voice.
>>> >
>>> > "What is going on there?" asked the boss, now truly alarmed.
>>> >
>>> > In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just
>>>
>>> > landed the hello-copper."
>>> >
>>> > Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little frustrated the
>>> > boss asked, "What are they searching for?"
>>> >
>>> > Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled
>>>giggle:
>>> >
>>> >
"ME."
>>> >
>>> > The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about
>>> > an urgent problem with one of the main computers, dialed the
>>> > employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper.
>>> >
>>> > "Hello."
>>> >
>>> > "Is your daddy home?" he asked.
>>> >
>>> > "Yes," whispered the small voice.
>>> >
>>> > "May I talk with him?"
>>> >
>>> > The child whispered, "No."
>>> >
>>> > Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is
>>> > your Mommy there?"
>>> >
>>> > "Yes."
>>> >
>>> > "May I talk with her?"
>>> >
>>> > Again the small voice whispered, "No."
>>> >
>>> > Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the
>>> > boss asked, "Is anybody else there?"
>>> >
>>> > "Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman."
>>> >
>>> > Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss
>>> > asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
>>> >
>>> > "No, he's busy", whispered the child.
>>> >
>>> > "Busy doing what?"
>>> >
>>> > "Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered
>>>answer.
>>> >
>>> > Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a
>>> > helicopter through the earpiece on the phone the boss asked, "What is
>>>that noise?"
>>> >
>>> > "A hello-copper" answered the whispering voice.
>>> >
>>> > "What is going on there?" asked the boss, now truly alarmed.
>>> >
>>> > In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just
>>>
>>> > landed the hello-copper."
>>> >
>>> > Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little frustrated the
>>> > boss asked, "What are they searching for?"
>>> >
>>> > Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled
>>>giggle:
>>> >
>>> >
"ME."
