An anniversary present to never forget
Pokin' Fun 'Doc' Blakely

A radio station in Georgia has a show where they play back recorded telephone conversations.

This day the caller was supposedly a family member. It went like this:

"Hello, is this Dwayne?"

"Yeah, who is this?"

"My name is Andrew. You don't know me but I think we may be sort of related and that's why I'm calling."

"Oh yeah, how's zat man?"

"Well, if you don't mind, let me ask you a few questions and we can clear this up so I can have some piece of mind. You see, I have a family member who has been missing for three years. Lemme ask you, is your wife named Teresa and is she there?"

"Yeah, my wife's named Teresa. She ain't here."

"That may be just as well. Tell me how long have y'all been married?"

"Three years, man, so what is this all about?"

"Three years. That would be right. You see, our family member disappeared off the face of the earth three years ago. We've been doing the research and we believe that Teresa is our missing family member."

"What you talkin' about, man. Teresa ain't got no family. She was raised in an orphanage."

"Well, now hear me out please. We've done the research and we're pretty excited because of DNA samples that have come into our possession from a private detective, that you married our family member and I just need you to answer a few more questions before we can be sure.

Do y'all have any kids?"

"No, we ain't got no kids, Teresa can't have kids, not that that is any of your business. Man, how come you ask a question like that anyway?"

"Oh, Lord. It's true. That confirms it. You see Ted disappeared three years ago in Denmark…"

"Who the heck is Ted?"

"There's no easy way to tell you this Dwayne, but your wife Teresa is our brother Ted. He has always played with dolls and skipped a lot. The detective traced him through a round trip KLM flight to Denmark and discovered he had an operation and changed his name to Teresa. Check it out with Teresa and call me back."

"Yeah, I'll check it out with Teresa. She is supposed to be home in about 20 minutes and I'm gonna give her a physical like she was applying for a billion dollar insurance policy and if I see any suspicious scars you can come pick up Teresa with an ink blotter…"

"Hey, Dwayne, calm down. This is radio station WQXU and you've just been had.

"Your wife Teresa is right here and wants to tell you this: 'Hi honey, it's Teresa, happy anniversary.

"Maybe you'll remember it now.'"