Max always looks on the bright side. He constantly irritates his friends with his eternal optimism.
No matter how horrible the circumstance, he always replies "It could have been worse."
To cure him of his annoying habit, his friends decided to invent a situation so completely bad,
so terrible, that even Frank could find no hope in it.
On the golf course, Steve says, "Max, did you hear about Tom?"
"He came home last night, found his wife in bed with another man,
shot them both and then turned the gun on himself!"
"That's awful," says Max, "but it could have been worse."
"How in the hell," his bewildered friend says, "could it have been worse?"
"Well," replied Max, "if it happened the night before, I'd be dead now!"