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#1 May 06 2006 at 5:21 PM Rating: Good

So, I was driving down the highway on my way home and my cellphone rings. I answered it, and there was this woman on the other line. She says "Hi, I am so and so from Charlie Company blah blah blah." We exchanged a few niceties, and then she says "well, there has been an incident. You may have heard about it in the news. A helicopter crashed and 10 people were on board. Some people in our company were affected. Have you heard from your husband?"

Nope, of course I haven't heard from him. He was supposed to call me this morning, but he never did. She quickly says "well, he is okay. We are just calling to let you know that there was this incident." I wanted to kill the woman, really I did. I was shaking and noticed that I was now driving at 30mph down the highway. We hung up, and about 30 minutes later I called her back and said "are you -sure- my husband is ok? How do you know this?" and she assured me.

The whole time he was in Iraq I never got a phone call like that. I thought I was going to die. I told her that she should start these phonecalls with the line "your husband is ok." That was so uncalled for.



Edited, Sat May 6 18:21:53 2006 by Katarine
#2 May 06 2006 at 5:34 PM Rating: Good
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I think she should've teased you along for a while with the "I have bad news and good news" game.
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#3 May 06 2006 at 6:00 PM Rating: Decent
I'm sorry Kat! That is awful. I'm glad to hear he is ok though. If you want.. I'll help you find a place to hide the body after you strangle her.
#4 May 06 2006 at 6:06 PM Rating: Good
Hmm, so I guess the second.worst.phonecall.ever. would have been the one where you learned of his untimely expiration? Well, glad to hear he's okay, and here's to hoping okay doesn't mean "alive but in need of someone to change his diapers for the next sixty years".

And seriously, pull over or hang-up and drive, taking a call on the highway is just irresponsible.
#5 May 06 2006 at 6:07 PM Rating: Decent
I really hope he better than ok. I hope he is fine health and mad as hell he was involved in an "incident".

#6 May 06 2006 at 6:51 PM Rating: Good
Life insurance pays off double if you're involved in an accident.
#7 May 06 2006 at 6:59 PM Rating: Good
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there was no reason for her to stall the copnversation like that. She should have told you upfront before anything else that your husband was ok and unharmed. What a bit[Aliceblue][/Aliceblue]ch. Id call up her superiors and file a complaint
#8 May 07 2006 at 10:08 AM Rating: Default
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there was no reason for her to stall the copnversation like that. She should have told you upfront before anything else that your husband was ok and unharmed. What a *****. Id call up her superiors and file a complaint


Nooo, thats all wrong you have to call back and get her with a good "Yo Momma" joke.
#9 May 07 2006 at 10:29 AM Rating: Default
the worst phone call would be "your husband died so some two bit politician could do something stupid for no apparant reason".......kind of like the one over 2000 miitary familyies have recieved so far.
#10 May 07 2006 at 10:34 AM Rating: Good
No no, the worst one would be "your husband died because America is being punished for allowing homosexuals to exist". Dying for gays is way worse than dying for stupid politicians.
#11 May 07 2006 at 1:16 PM Rating: Good


I heard from my husband and told him all about it. He got pissed off, told his Sgt who got pissed off and called the headquarters at Baghram, so now lots of people are pissed off. I don't think it will happen again, heh!

They need to just quit giving poor wives heart attacks over the phone.

#12 May 07 2006 at 1:50 PM Rating: Good
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No no, the worst one would be "your husband died because America is being punished for allowing homosexuals to exist". Dying for gays is way worse than dying for stupid politicians.
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#13 May 08 2006 at 9:01 AM Rating: Decent
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No no, the worst one would be "your husband died because America is being punished for allowing homosexuals to exist". Dying for gays is way worse than dying for stupid politicians.


What if they were really cool gay peoples like Rupaul or the original red power ranger?
#14 May 08 2006 at 9:10 AM Rating: Good
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Those darn helicopters! Always falling out of the sky. Did you ever notice that in the movies the helicopter pilot and his machine always explode in a massive ball of flame?

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#15 May 08 2006 at 9:31 AM Rating: Good
Totem wrote:
Those darn helicopters! Always falling out of the sky. Did you ever notice that in the movies the helicopter pilot and his machine always explode in a massive ball of flame?

It's my destiny.

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And the black guy always dies first! Double whammy.
#16 May 08 2006 at 12:05 PM Rating: Good
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I got a phone call like that one time when my husband was on cruise in the Gulf during 9/11. First thing they said though was "Your husband is all right and will be calling you, but this is just to notify you...."

But I know what you mean Kat. Sometimes, no news is good news.
#17 May 08 2006 at 12:06 PM Rating: Good
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I'm sure I can think of worse things, but at the time, I'm also sure that you could not.

Sorry, Kat. Glad he's okay.
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