funeral

[Caliban]

A woman was leaving a convenience store with her morning coffee when she
>>> noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby
>>> cemetery.
>>> A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50
>>> feet behind the
>>> first one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary woman walking a pit
>>> bull on a leash.
>>> Behind her, a short distance back, were about 200 women walking single
>>> file.
>>>
>>> The woman was so curious that she respectfully approached the woman
>>> walking the dog and
>>> said, "I am so sorry for your loss, and I know now is a badtime to
>>> disturb
>>> you, but I
>>> have never seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?"
>>>
>>> "My husband's."
>>>
>>> "What happened to him?"
>>>
>>> The woman replied, "My dog attacked and killed him."
>>>
>>> She inquired further, "Well, who is in the second hearse?"
>>>
>>> The woman answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my husband
>>> when the dog turned on her."
>>>
>>> A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passed between the two
>>> women.
>>>
>>> "Can I borrow the dog?"
>>>
>>> "Get in line."