Ralph Does It Again

At Ralph's door was a shrouded figure…

"Time to go, Ralph."

"What?"

"I'm Death. And no one cheats me."

"Come again?"

"Your time's up. C'mon."

"Wait a minute. I cheated my way through school."

"So what of it?"

"Well, I cheated my way through work and two marriages."

Ralph didn't have time for this.

"That's nothing," said the shroud. "Now you're dealing with me."

"Okay, I cheated the IRS."

"Lots of people do it"

"Really? I also cheated Mel Burstein at cards."

"What?"

"You heard me," said Ralph.

"Mel Burstein? No one cheats Mel and gets away with it."

"Exactly…"

From Guest Contributor David Sydney