Frank

[AltumAngel]

Frank always looked on the bright side. He would constantly irritate

his friends with his eternal optimism. No matter how horrible the

circumstance, he would always reply, "It could have been worse."

To cure him of his annoying habit, his friends decided to invent a

situation so completely bad, so terrible, that even Frank could find no

hope in it. On the golf course one day, one of them said, "Frank, did

you hear about Tom? He came home last night, found his wife in bed with

another man, shot them both, then turned the gun on himself."

"That's awful," said Frank, "But it could have been worse."

"How in the hel_l," asked his bewildered friend, "could it have been

worse?"

"Well," said Frank, "If it had happened the night before, I'd be dead

now."