Booby Prize Or A Fine Romance? 1

Every once in awhile, you hear a funny story, and sometimes you wonder if what is written there is fiction or true. Normally you will not question, in case it embarrasses or offends. Well I what I am about to tell you is it a fib or is it true? Some thirty-eight years ago, I went to a funeral of a friend and ended up with the widow as a booby prize. So if I told you that is exactly how I met my wife, would you believe me or would you think I am having you on? You would be wrong to think I was having you on. Because it was at her first husband’s funeral that we met. It was a few weeks later a bunch of his friend met, in a coffee bar. Someone suggested one of us should take the widow out, and I drew the short straw and I got the booby prize all those years ago, or was it a fine romance. I will leave it up to you to decide. 2 July 2007