Anger & Madness

A little girl asked her father, "Dad, what is the

difference between anger and exasperation?"

"It's mostly a matter of degree." the dad replied.

"Let me show you what I mean".

With that the dad picked up the phone and dialled a

number at random. A man answered the phone and the

dad says, "Hello, is James there?"

The man on the other end answered, "I'm sorry, you

must have the wrong number. There's nobody here by

that name."

The father hangs up and immediately hits redial,

"Hello, is James there?" asks the father. "Now listen,

there's nobody here by that name so quit bothering

me!" The dad listens as the man slams the phone down.

You see, says the dad, he is starting to get angry.

He hits redial and a loud voice comes on the line.

"HELLO!" the man yells. "Yes, is James there?” asks

the father calmly. "Are you crazy?" the man screams,

" I told you James doesn't live here so don't call back

again!" then he slams the phone down again.

"Did you hear that?" the father asked the little girl,

"Now that is what anger sounds like." "Now you're

going to hear exasperation." He picked the phone up

and hit redial again. "HELLO!" boomed the voice on the

other end.

"Hello" the dad says politely, "This is James, have I

had any calls?"