[Labyrinthos]

Paddy and his long-time golf partners, Finneas and two others, are playing their weekly round of golf. As he is about to putt on the 4th green, a funeral procession enters the cemetery across the road from the fairway. Instead of putting, Paddy turns toward the people gathered at the cemetery, bows his head, says a prayer, and then asks for a moment of silence.

As they are walking to the next tee, Finneas says to Paddy, “that was awful nice of you to take time out to show your respects for the newly departed. Did you know the person?”

Without losing a step, Paddy says, “Yup, I was married to her for 42 years.”

[Verginius Rufus]

Tickets to the Pavarotti concert had been hard to get, so a man was surprised to see that the woman sitting next to him had an empty seat on the other side. He got into a conversation with her and learned that her husband had been a big fan of Pavarotti and had really been looking forward to this concert, but unfortunately he had passed away recently.

After expressing his condolences, the man asked why she had not invited one of her friends to come to the concert.

"Oh, they're all at the funeral."