Just Another Manic Monday

(My grandfather, despite past cardiac issues, is given a clean bill of health at his annual checkup but the doctor urges him — again — to quit smoking. He says the same thing he always says.)

Grandfather: “I’m going to quit on Monday.”

(Every week, Monday comes around and he insists that he’s going to quit on Monday — but not this particular Monday. One Sunday night a few weeks after the checkup, my sisters and I are summoned to the hospital by our mother; my grandfather has had a massive heart attack and died in the ambulance.)

Mom: *looks at the clock and realizes it’s after midnight* “Well, he said he was going to quit on Monday… I guess this is the Monday.”

(This was exactly the sort of joke he’d have made himself, so as upset as we all were, it did help us laugh a little.)