Martin was in hospital, dying. His family called for a priest to assist them in this difficult situation. As soon as the priest arrived, Martin's conditions seemed to be improving. Martin began to make many gestures as if he wanted to write something to the priest and they gave him a pen and some paper. Martin scrabbled something and gave it to the priest, who put it in his trousers because he thought it wasn't the proper moment to read that note.
During the funeral, after describing the marvelous qualities Martin had, the priest realized he was wearing the same clothes and found the note Martin had written.
"Dear brothers and sisters," the priest proclaimed, "before Martin died, he gave me a note. I haven't read it yet, but sure Martin wrote some word of inspiration to me."
He opened the paper and read, "Father, you are sitting on my oxygen pipe."
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