After being nearly snowbound for two weeks last winter, a Seattle
> >man departed for his vacation in Miami Beach, where he was to meet his
wife
> >the next day at the conclusion of her business trip to Minneapolis. They
> >were looking forward to pleasant weather and a nice time together.
> >
> > Unfortunately, there was some sort of mix up at the boarding
> > gate, and the man was told he would have to wait for a later
flight.
> > He tried to appeal to a supervisor but was told the airline was
not
> >responsible for the problem and it would do no good to complain. Upon
> >arrival at the hotel the next day, he discovered that Miami Beach was
> >having a heat wave, and its weather was almost as uncomfortably hot as
> >Seattle's was cold.
> > The desk clerk gave him a message that his wife would arrive as
> >planned.
> > He could hardly wait to get to the pool area to cool off, and
> >quickly sent his wife an e-mail, but due to his haste, he made an error
in
> >the e-mail address.
> > His message therefore arrived at the home of an elderly preacher's
> >wife whose even older husband had died only the day before.
> > When the grieving widow opened her e-mail, she took one look at
the
> >monitor,let out an anguished scream, and fell to the floor
> > dead.
> > Her family rushed to her room where they saw this message on the
> >screen:
> >
> >
> > Dearest wife,
> >
> > Departed yesterday as you know. Just now got checked in. Some
> > Confusion at the gate. Appeal was denied. Received confirmation
> > of your arrival tomorrow.
> > Your loving husband.
> > P.S. Things are not as we thought. You're going to be surprised at
> >how hot it is down here.

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