Five couples in a neighborhood decided
to get together on a regular basis and socialize. As a result, they
formed a dinner club and agreed to meet for dinner at a different
neighbors' house each month.
When it came time for Jimmy and Susie Brown to have the dinner at
their house, like most women, Susie wanted to outdo all the others
and prepare a meal that was the best that any of them had ever lapped
a lip over. A few days before the big event, Susie got out her cookbook
and decided to have mushroom-smothered steak.
When she went to the store to buy some mushrooms, she found the price
was far more than she wanted to pay. She then told her husband, "I
think we aren't going to have mushrooms because they are too expensive."
He said , "Why don't you go down in the pasture
and pick some of those mushrooms? There are plenty of them
right in the creek bed." She said, "No, I have heard that wild
mushrooms can be poisonous." He then said, "I don't think so.
I see the varmints eating them all the time and it never has affected
them."
After thinking about this, Susie decided to give this a try and got
in the pickup and went down in the pasture and picked some mushrooms.
She brought them back home and washed, sliced, and diced them to get
them ready to go over her smothered steak. Then she went out on the
back porch and got Ol' Spot's (the yard dog) bowl and gave him
a double handful, putting a mess of bacon grease on them to make
them tasty. Ol' Spot didn't slow down until he had eaten every
bite. All morning long, Susie watched him and the wild mushrooms
didn't seem to affect him, so she decided to use them.
The meal was a great success, and Susie even hired a lady she knew
from town to come out and help her serve. She had on a white apron
and a little cap on her head. It was first class. After everyone had
finished, they all began to kick back and relax and socialize. The
men were visiting and the women started to gossip a bit.
About this time, the lady from town came in from the kitchen and whispered
in Susie's ear. She said, "Mrs. Brown, Spot just died." With
this news, Susie went into hysterics. After she finally calmed down,
she called the doctor and told him what had happened. The doctor said,
"It's bad, but being this early we can take care of it. I will
call for an ambulance and I will be there as quick as I can. We'll
give everyone enemas and we will pump out everyone's stomach.
Everything will be fine. Just keep them all there and keep them calm."
It wasn't long until they could hear the wail of the siren as the
ambulance was coming down the road. When they got there, the EMTs
got out with their suitcases, syringes, and a stomach pump. The doctor
arrived shortly thereafter. One by one, they took each person into
the master bathroom, gave them an enema, and pumped out their stomach.
After the last one was finished, the doctor came out and said, "I
think everything will be fine now," and he left.
They looked pretty peaked sitting around the living room. About that
time, the hired lady from town came in and said, "You know, I think
the fellow that drove the ambulance looks just
like the one who ran over Spot an hour ago, but he didn't stop
so I can't be certain."