How Did He Die?

Pastor Shao (PS) and I are having tea when two girls bring him a piece of paper that has some writing on it, he begins to carefully study this paper. After a few minutes, I ask him about it.

ME:  Is this the girls’ work from Confirmation?

PS:   No, this is the report about the man who has died.

ME:   Oh, for the funeral this afternoon.

PS:   Yes.

ME:   How did he die?

PS:   He was a bubbler?

ME:   Oh, he drank too much?

PS:   No he worked on the shoes, he was a barber?

ME:   Oh, a barber. Did he cut people’s hair?

PS:   No, he worked on shoes. Not a barber?

ME:   A cobbler?

PS:   Yes, yes a cobbler.

ME:   Was he sick?

PS:   He had problems with the ulcers, he didn’t eat enough and he drank too much. He had an operation at
KCMC to repair his stomach. He died there.

ME:   He didn’t recover from the surgery?

PS:   Surgery? (confused look)

ME:   The word surgery is a similar to operation.

PS:   Oh, he did not recover from the operation and then he died.

Sorry for this random conversation. However, it made me laugh … or maybe you had to be there!