A Morbidly Funny Story

I came across my baby's scrap book...buku conteng, from when she was about 5 years old. I found this cute little story she wrote. Spelling mistakes and all...heheh.

A Stori

One day a good butterfly jest fly a way there, jest like aspashel (special) butterfly there. Jest a good butterfly. And there was a girl that people likes her, a beautiful girl. Then a bas jest hit her and by by.

(the end)

My, my...that WAS pretty abrupt and ummmm...morbid? Just like Umi. Hahaha...

Reminds me of another morbidly funny story that I heard around the same time from an adult. Adults can be REALLY morbid, I tell ya. It went like this:

One day, there was a man and a woman. The man loved the woman so much and begged her to marry him. Everyday, for almost 13 years, 365 days x 13 ie: 4745 days, he would send her smses (or call her with a regular phone, early in the marriage before the age of handy mobile phones) and tell her, "Baby, I love you, and I miss you and I cannot wait to come home and fu...(ooops...) be with you"...without fail, rain or shine, fights or not.

Suddenly one day, the smses suddenly stopped. And she asked, "Why? What happened?"

And he replied, "Oh, I found someone else to sms now lah".

"Oh, okay," she said.

It was like being hit by a truck (not a mere bus). A massive American Mack truck. (Americans like everything big...burgers, cupcakes, fries, shakes, cars, trucks, bombs, breasts, stars, debt, bailouts). Guts all over the place.

What a morbid joke he played on her, eh. So abrupt and out of the blue. Happy days, I love yous and suddenly, BAM! SPLAT! It's over, baby! What a joke!

Hahaha...I found it so funny!

That I laughed so hard,

until I cried.

Man...it's been almost 5 years when I first heard that adult's joke...still makes me laugh.

Back to that baby of mine, Maryam...She's really something. She asked me the other night..."Umi, when can I have a little sister or brother?"

I thought for a while...that's a tricky one, baby.

So I replied, "I don't think there will ever be another immaculate conception, darling..."

"What's immaculate conception, Umi?".

"It's a long story, now go to sleep, Maryam!"

And when I recall that conversation, I laugh so hard at my own joke,

until I cry.