The Drain That Swallowed: A Fable

Two men were sitting in a dark bar in the early evening. They sat a stool apart and the man to the right noticed a sad looking fellow hunched over the bar in a despair ridden trance. He slid over, filling the one stool void between them and said, "You don't look too well. What's the problem?"

The drunkard lifted from his hunch and turned slowly towards the inquiring man, "I watched my children drown today," he said in a flat, emotionless tone.

"I'm sorry to hear that. I know this doesn't make up for such a terrible loss, but let me buy you a drink." He signaled to the bartender, "One beer over here."

Staring at the empty glass in front of him the grizzly looking man nodded lightly, "I really appreciate it." After a few minutes of dead silence and inner pondering by the citizens of the bar the generous man found himself wondering how this sad soul managed to lose his children.

"If you don't mind me asking," said the man, "...how did it happen?"

Taking a sip from his free beer the unfortunate one froze up for a moment and then turned rapidly, causing the other man to jump back a bit, "I was jerking off in the shower this morning and all of sudden I came. Before I could react I saw the drain swallow my kids. It was horrible."

Moral: Before you act make sure you know exactly what you are acting on.