Lower The Drawbridge

The “Flu” is one of those illnesses that can cause you to feel depressed. At some point during the course of the illness, you become convinced that the doctor has made the wrong diagnosis. You feel like you’re dying, and nobody really seems to take you seriously.

There is the story of a woman who was very sick! So sick that she got the flu, died and went to Heaven. Upon her arrival, St. Peter asks how she got there. The woman answers, “Flu.” Whereupon St. Peter asks, “On what airline?”

Then there is the story of an elderly woman living in Cincinnati who was afraid to fly…

She explained to her niece that she was concerned because she didn’t want anyone to be burdened by her death. Consequently, she tried to make all of the necessary funeral arrangements in advance. Her niece explained that when her own parents had died she used a funeral home in Milwaukee which was where most of…