Old man
O’Malley had
worked down at the brewery for years, but one day he just
wasn’t
paying attention and he tripped on the walkway and fell over
into the
beer vat and drowned.
The foreman thought it should be his job
to inform the Widow O’Malley
of her old man’s death. He showed up
at the front door and rang the
bell. When she came to the door, he
said, „I’m sorry to tell you, but
your poor husband passed away at
work today when he fell into the vat
and drowned.“
She wept
and covered her face with her apron and after a time, between
sobs,
she asked, „Tell me, did he suffer?“
„Knowing Brian O’Malley as
well as I did, I don’t think so,“ said
the foreman, „He got out
three times to go to the men’s room.“
