MICSTOGIE
Gear-Head-Banger
A man was leaving a convenience store
with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession
approaching the nearby cemetery.
A black hearse was followed by a second black hearse
about 50 feet behind the first one.
Behind the second hearse was a solitary man walking
a dog on a leash.
Behind him, a short distance back, were about 200
men walking single file. The man couldn't stand the curiosity.
He respectfully approached the man walking the dog
and said, "I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad time to
disturb you; but I've never seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?"
"My wife's," answered the man.
''What happened to her?" the curious man asked.
The man replied, "She yelled at me and my dog
attacked and killed her."
He inquired further, "But who is in the second
hearse?"
The man answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying
to help my wife when the dog turned on her."
A very poignant and touching moment of brotherhood
and silence passed between the two men. A sob escaped my throat...I turned to him and, in a quiet voice asked...
"Can I borrow the dog?"
The man replied, "Get in line."
with his morning coffee when he noticed a most unusual funeral procession
approaching the nearby cemetery.
A black hearse was followed by a second black hearse
about 50 feet behind the first one.
Behind the second hearse was a solitary man walking
a dog on a leash.
Behind him, a short distance back, were about 200
men walking single file. The man couldn't stand the curiosity.
He respectfully approached the man walking the dog
and said, "I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad time to
disturb you; but I've never seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?"
"My wife's," answered the man.
''What happened to her?" the curious man asked.
The man replied, "She yelled at me and my dog
attacked and killed her."
He inquired further, "But who is in the second
hearse?"
The man answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying
to help my wife when the dog turned on her."
A very poignant and touching moment of brotherhood
and silence passed between the two men. A sob escaped my throat...I turned to him and, in a quiet voice asked...
"Can I borrow the dog?"
The man replied, "Get in line."
