My drama queen teenage daughter was recounting to my seemingly uninterested husband what she deemed a near-death experience and concluded the story with, "And I think I saw my life flash before my eyes."

Without a moment's hesitation, my husband replied, "Wow! That must have been a sad short story."

Received from Merry Pettijohn.

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