Original Blog Entry: After Effect

ochoop17 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:03:02 GMT

How did it happen? the doctor asked the middle-aged farmhand as he set the man's broken leg.

Well, doc, 25 years ago ...

Never mind the past. Tell me how you broke your leg this morning.

Like I was saying...25 years ago, when I first started working on the farm, that night, right after I'd gone to bed, the farmer's beautiful daughter came into my room. She asked me if there was anything I wanted. I said, No, everything is fine.

Are you sure? she asked.

I'm sure, I said.

Isn't there anything I can do for you? she wanted to know.

I reckon not, I replied.

Excuse me, said the doctor, What does this story have to do with your leg?

Well, this morning, the farmhand explained, when it dawned on me what she meant, I fell off the roof!

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