The Morning After

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The Morning after the Office Party.

Jack woke up with a killer hangover after attending his firm's Chris tmas

Party.

He didn't even remember how he got home. It's 8.30. What day is it?

Thursday. His wife must have gone to work.

As he struggled into consciousness through the fog of a pounding headache,

his stomach plummeted as he wondered what the hell he did last night.

He forced himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a couple

of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a

little vase of sweet peas, freshly picked from the garden.

He sat up. The bedroom was clean and tidy, - there was no trail of drunkenly

abandoned clothes, fresh air was coming in through the window and all was

serene. He stumbled to the bathroom, also pristine, and, squinting gingerly

into the mirror, saw that he had a black eye. This was not a good sign, but

no memories were returning.

As he concentrated hard on getting the world into focus, he saw a post-it

note stuck on the corner of the mirror. It was written in red, with little

hearts on it and a kiss from his wife.

'I'll ring your office and tell them you won't be in today. Breakfast is in

the oven. Try to eat something and go back to bed for the morning. There's

snooker on TV this afternoon. Take it easy today, hope your eye doesn't hurt

too much. See you tonight. I love you, darling! Love, Jillian. x '

He stumbled to the kitchen and sure enough, there was hot breakfast,

steaming hot coffee and the newspaper. His teenaged son was sitting at the

table, eating.

Jack, bracing himself, asked his son what happened the previous night.

' Well, you came home after 3 A.M., drunk and out of your mind. You fell

over the coffee table and broke it, and then you puked in the hallway, and

got that black eye when you ran into the door. '

Confused, he asked his son, 'So, why is everything in such perfect order,

aspirins by the bed, a nice note from Mum and breakfast waiting for me?'

His son replied, 'Oh THAT!... Mum dragged you to the bedroom, and when she

tried to take your trousers off, you screamed, 'Leave me alone you slapper,

I'm married!!'

Broken Coffee Table