In sickness...

[andrewducker]

I have a really, really sick sense of humour. in addition to my generaly cute, cuddly, fun loving self, I can find the funny side in almost anything.

Originally Hal and I were both going to see Matrix Reloaded together. Sadly, by the time I'd found a time I was free he'd already booked his tickets. He was going with a friend, a workmate and the workmate's brother.
The workmate's brother was looking forward to it, and was apparently trying to take in as many things as possible, because they are suffering from a particularly nasty syndrome where the blood vessels in the brain lose their elasticity and then collapse, causing death over a period of months. This brother had been given 4 months to live, but seemed (from what Hal was saying) to be trying to put as brave a face on it as possible.
"He shouldn't bother with The Matrix Reloaded," I said.
"Why not, too depressing?" said Hal.
"Nope. It's the first half of a 5 hour film. And the second part isn't out until November. He'll never get to see that, so he'll just be frustrated."

<silence>

Followed by a short burst of giggles.

And I breathed a brief sigh that Hal had shared my sense of humour.

Comments

heh

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

But would you have said that to the brother, himself?

P.S. you forgot your semicolon after the "<"

Re: heh

[andrewducker]

cheers. Fixed.

And probably not - it would depend on how well I knew him and whether I thought _he_ would find it funny.

Occasionally I do push things too far, but I'm usually I'm good at not stepping to ofar over the edge. And I'm more usualy told off by other people than the person themselves.

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I find that funny. I dunno if the brother woudl but the bloke himself probably would - people who are terminally sick seem to usually be not nearly as sensitive about it as their loved ones are (I suppose cos the family has to cope with their abscence when they are dead but they don't)