NO
COOKIES FOR YOU

Topics: Indifference; Marriage; Mortality; Relationships

Reference: Titus 2:4

An old man was lying on his deathbed. He had only hours to live when he suddenly smelled chocolate chip cookies. He loved chocolate chip cookies more than anything in the world, so with his last bit of energy, he pulled himself out of bed, struggled across the floor to the stairs, and headed down the stairs into the kitchen. There his wife was baking cookies.

As he reached for one, his wife smacked him. “Leave those alone,” she said. “They’re for the funeral!”

—A Prairie Home Companion, “Fifth Annual Joke Show” (April 1, 2000)