My Mom

As always, this is a true story. Transcript of a phone call my mother once made.

City Call: City Call, may I help you?
Mom: Yes, this is Mrs. Bailey. For two days now I have been calling to tell you there is a dead cat in the street in front of my house. You keep saying you'll send someone to get it. I'm calling to tell you that if it isn't gone by tomorrow morning, I'm going to scoop it up with a shovel, drive downtown, and sling it into Mayor Smith's front yard.

The poor cat was gone within an hour.