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Brenda O'Malley is home as usual, making dinner, when Tim Finnegan
arrives at her door. "Brenda, may I come in?" he asks. "I've
somethin' to tell ye." "Of course you can come in, you're always
welcome, Tim. But where's my husband?""That's what I'm here to be
tellin' ye, Brenda. There was an accident down at the Guinness
brewery...""Oh, God no!" cries Brenda. "Please don't tell
me...""Sure and I must, Brenda. Your husband Seamus is dead and
gone. I'm sorry." Brenda reached a hand out to her side, found the
arm of the rocking chair by the fireplace, pulled the chair to her
and collapsed into it. She wept for many minutes. Finally she looked
up at Tim. "How did it happen, Tim?""It was terrible, Brenda. He
fell into a vat of Guinnesss Stout and drowned.""Oh my dear Jesus!
But you must tell me true, Tim. Did he at least go quickly?""Well,
no Brenda......no.""No?""Fact is, he got out three times to pee." |