Frank always looked on the bright side. He would constantly
irritate
his friends with his eternal optimism. No matter how horrible
the
circumstance, he would always reply, "It could have been
worse."
To cure him of his annoying habit, his friends decided to invent
a
situation so completely bad, so terrible, that even Frank could
find no
hope in it. On the golf course one day, one of them said, "Frank,
did
you hear about Tom? He came home last night, found his wife in bed
with
another man, shot them both, then turned the gun on himself."
"That's awful," said Frank, "But it could have been worse."
"How in the hell," asked his bewildered friend, "could it have
been
worse?"
"Well," said Frank, "If it had happened the night before, I'd be
dead
now."
