why parents drink05:25 May 16 2007
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Why Parents Drink
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> To my friends with Children: Why parents drink...
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> A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick
> one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he
> dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's
> whisper.
>
> "Hello ?"
>
> "Is your daddy home?" he asked.
>
> "Yes," whispered the small voice.
>
> "May I talk with him?"
>
> The child whispered, "No."
>
> Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy
> there?"
>
> "Yes."
>
> "May I talk
with her?"
>
> Again the small voice whispered, "No ."
>
> Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss
> asked, "Is anybody else there?"
>
> "Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman."
>
> Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked,
> "May I speak with the policeman?"
>
> No, he's busy ," whispered the child.
>
> "Busy doing what?"
>
> "Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.
>
> Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the
> earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, "What is that noise?"
>
> "A helicopter " answered the whispering voice.
>
> "What is going on there?" demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
>
>
Again, whispering, the child answered, "The search team just landed a
> helicopter."
>
> Alarmed, concerned and more than a little frustrated the boss asked, "What
> are they searching for?"
>
> Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle... "ME!"
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