An elderly Italian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite Italian cookies.
With all his remaining strength, he lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom and with even greater effort, gripping the railing with both hands, he crawled downstairs. With labored breath, he leaned against the doorframe, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven. There, spread out upon waxed paper on the kitchen table, were literally hundreds of his favorite anisette cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted Italian wife of sixty years, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself towards the table, the wondrous taste of the cookie was already in his mouth, seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and withered hand trembled on its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when it was suddenly smacked hard with a spatula by his wife.
"GET OUT OF HERE!" she shouted, "THEY'RE FOR THE FUNERAL!"
willbrich posted on Dec 15, 2006
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secretlife said on Dec 15, 2006....
LMAO! Oh Will!!!! LOL!!! Those damn italian women ...
My sister makes those anisette cookies for christmas...and when i see her, i'm going to tell her your joke!
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willbrich said on Dec 15, 2006....
Thanks SL! Yeah I've been reading this joke many times since yesterday. But now I still can't help laughing loud. When you see you sis, get some anisette cookies for me, will you? -
secretlife said on Dec 15, 2006....
She makes them the best will.....she ices them and puts red and green sugars on top!
I'll be thinking of you when I eat them this year...
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secretlife said on Dec 15, 2006....
She makes them the best will.....she ices them and puts red and green sugars on top!
I'll be thinking of you when I eat them this year...
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gingersoul said on Dec 15, 2006....
This was hilarious....LOL.....
I love anisette cookies....my mom would bake them too for Xmas....
my dad would alwasy sneak behind her to catch the first out of the oven...she is Italian like the lady in your joke...but she never spanked his hand though....she would just move the pan to the other side of the table........where we kids were ...so at that point she would simply surrender and give to each of us one of the fresh baked ones....oh...so good....
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FaithfulDisciple said on Dec 16, 2006....
LOL Morbidly hysterical, I must say this is one joke great for funeral gatherings.
The more appropriate title for your post should've been Cookies To Die For or Death Before The Cookies! -
satyr said on Dec 16, 2006....
will - I am howling. -
Lioness said on Dec 18, 2006....
OMG! Bad. Really bad! =)
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