The Tragic Loss

Once there were twin brothers by the name of John and Joe Jones. John Jones had been married until recently, and Joe Jones had always been single. The single brother Joe was the owner of an old dilapidated row boat he loved. It happened that both John and Joe lost the love of their life one fateful day. John Jone’s wife died then the same day Joe’s rowboat filled with water and sank.

A few days later, a kindly old lady met Joe, (The boat owner who had already gotten over his loss and bought a new boat) mistook him for John said; “Oh Mr. Jones, I am sorry to hear of your great loss, you must feel terrible”.

Joe smiled, not realizing she was talking about John’s wife and said, “Well I am not a bit sorry, she was rather old from the start. Her bottom was all chewed up and she smelled of dead fish. Even the first time I got into her, she made water faster than anything I ever saw. She had a bad crack and a pretty big hole in her front, and that hole got bigger every time I used her. It got so I could barely handle her, but if anyone else used her she leaked like anything. The thing that finished her was four guys from the other side of town. They came down looking for a good time and asked if I could lend her to them. I warned them she wasn’t so hot, but they could take a crack at her if they liked. Well, the result was the crazy fools tried to get inside her all at once and it was too much for her. She cracked right up the middle!”