A man is away on vacation and phones his brother to see how things are at home.

-Hi Gary, how's everything going?

-Oh, not so good. To start your cat died and...

-Hold on a sec, Gary. You don't ruin someone's vacation and give bad news just like that. You have to be subtle. You could've just said "Oh, the cat's up on the roof right now" or something, so I don't get upset and ruin my holiday.

-Sorry, I never heard that before.

-Well, that's ok, I guess you just didn't know. How's Dad doing?

-Ahh, he's up on the roof right now.