A visitor from Poland was staying in a couple‘s house while they were away. The telephone rang.
He picked it up. ―Hello?‖
A hesitant voice said, ―Is this Mr. Smith?‘
―No,‖ said the visitor, who didn‘t speak English very well, ―he has passed away.‖
There was a shocked silence on the other end of the telephone. Then the voice said, ―Oh!
Well, could I speak to Mrs. Smith?‖
The visitor said, ―She, too, has passed away.‖
―Well, who are you?‖ asked the voice.
The visitor said, ―I am the ghost.‖
Another visitor from Poland said that he thought that the telephone operators in America were very friendly.
―One said to me today, ‗The number that you are, darling, is not a working number.‘‖
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I said to Emil, ―I feel as though all the time people are saying that to me!‖