Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 08:37:45 -0400 From: The Ultimate Novelty Subject: FILLER: The Ending is...(3) [revealed!] for those of you who may be concerned about the real story, here it is: From Reader's Digest May 1993 p. 18 As a registered nurse on an open-heart surgery team, I'm sometimes summoned to the hospital for emergencies. Called in for a chest trauma at two o'clock one morning, I threw on my clothes and was dismayed to find that my husband, a casket salesman, had parked his station wagon behind my car. With no time to waste, I jumped in the station wagon and sped toward the hospital, only to be pulled over by a police car. When I told the officer why I had been speeding, he gave me a warning and turned to go, but suddenly stopped. It was then I remembered there was a casket in the back. The officer looked at me expectantly. "It's my husband's." and that's the end of this tale... tink