update and apology

[Charon]

If you didn't know your father before, you now have a clearer picture of his character. At one point in my life a friend swore a number of us to secrecy and then alluded to some horrible, physical illness that would require surgery. We were asked to not come to the hospital, tell no one...well, as this was a good friend we were concerned, even his wife didn't know the whole story. The day came, he left for the hospital and then...nothing. Wasn't it lucky that mutual friend, not sworn to secrecy, was a doctor who had privileges at that hospital. In his jovial way, he commented that he'd seen the surgical details and he'd never seen a worse case of hemorrhoids. While not the most pleasant of topics, it hardly rose to the level of us arranging with the florist for a coffin piece. As you might guess, when he "appeared" full of stories of a miracle cure, you can imagine his surprise when we had some stories of our own.

Charon