A man was on the water for his monthly fishing trip.
He began his day with an 8 lb. bass on the first cast and a 7 lb. on the second.
On the third cast he had just caught his first ever bass over 11 pounds when his cell phone rang.
It was a doctor notifying him that his wife had just been in a terrible accident and was in critical condition in the ICU.
The man told the doctor to inform his wife where he was and that he'd be there as soon as possible. As he hung up, he realized he was leaving what was shaping up to be his best fishing day ever.
He decided to get in a couple of more casts before heading to the hospital He ended up fishing the rest of the morning, finishing his trip with a stringer like he'd never seen, with 3 bass over 10 pounds. He was jubilant....then he remembered his wife! Feeling terribly guilty, he dashed to the hospital. He ran up to the doctor in the corridor and asked about his wife's condition.
The doctor glared at him and shouted, "You went ahead and finished your fishing, didn't you? I hope you're proud of yourself! While you were out for the past four hours enjoying yourself on the pond your poor wife has been languishing in the ICU! I hope you really enjoyed yourself, because it will more than likely be the last fishing trip you will ever take! For the rest of her life your wife will be paralyzed and require around the clock care, and you'll be her caregiver forever!'
The man felt so horrible at what he had done that he broke down and sobbed. Then the doctor chuckled and said, "I'm just messin' with you. She's dead. What'd you catch?"
