Gallagher opened the morning newspaper and was dumbfounded to read in the obituary column that he had died. He quickly phoned his best friend Finney.
“Did you see the paper?” asked Gallagher. “They say I died!!”
“Yes, I saw it!” replied Finney. “Where are you calling from?”
加拉格尔打开了早间的报纸，惊呆了地在讣告栏读到自己已经死了的消息。他赶紧给他最要好的朋友芬尼打了个电话。
“你看报纸了吗?”加拉格尔问道，“他们说我死了!!”
“看到了!”芬尼回复说，“你从哪打来的电话啊?”
主人公加拉格尔在讣告上看到自己死了，感到非常惊讶。他打电话给好友芬尼，表达他对这个讣告的困惑。但是芬尼并没有意识到讣告是个错误，而是以为加拉格尔真的死了，是从另一个世界打来的电话。
芬尼的回应突显了他并没有意识到朋友还活着这一事实，通过误会制造出荒谬的幽默效果。