The Father calls his son and say's, "I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough!" "Dad, what are you talking about?" the son answers. "We can't stand the sight of each other any longer", the father says, can you call your sister tell her." Frantically, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone, "they're doing no such thing", she shouts. I'll take care of this!
She calls home immediately and screams at her father, "You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?"and hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "I told you, it's done! They are coming home for Christmas, it's been so long, many years of being too busy raising their own families to come visit us."
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