A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Morgue

Below is just one of the many humorous true stories from the book, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Morgue, written by myself and co-author, Charles Jones. This book is on Amazon as an ebook and can be accessed by clicking on the cover page on the right side of my blog.  

From ashes to dirt….

     Humor is where you find it, and sometimes it shows up at odd times and in strange places.

Working under houses, normally, is not a place where you find anything humorous.  You often find dampness, dirt, spiders, snakes or perhaps even a skunk.  However, in their own right, none of those are funny.  Usually, if you are under a house, you are either a repairman, plumber, or in a service- related occupation.  You have a job to do, and once done, get out as quickly as you can.

     At this particular location a man, whom we shall call David, was crawling around treating the house for termites.  As he was moving around under the house he discovered a brass box that attracted his attention.  He opened the box to discover the only contents inside was dust and dirt.  He dumped the contents with the intention of taking the box with him when he left.

     David came out from under the house about lunch time, and the lady of the house asked if he had seen a brass box under the house.  David said, “Yes, it is setting on one of the sills under the house.”

The lady of the house then informed him that the contents of the box were the remains of her deceased husband.

     David lightly began to dust imagined ashes from his clothes, then crawled back under the house and refilled the brass box with dirt which he scooped up from beneath the house.