I guess the proper close would have been "it's never happend - to me".

I quit answering the phone while going thru a bankruptcy, in which the conversation was usually totally different, but not much more pleasant. If I were you, I'd drop the glass, too.

: Actual conversation today: (No, fortunately, I wasn't glassing, but this is
: an example of why *I* would pick up the phone even if I had been. Then
: again, my vocation puts some unique demands on my time-- and means that I
: am essentially "on call" whenever I'm within earshot of my
: phone(s).)

: The phone rings.

: The voice on the other end says, "This is Dennis from the hospital.
: We've got one of your parishioners here."
: me: "which one?"
: Dennis: "(says name). You might want to hurry."
: I drop what I'm doing and drive to the hospital. The fellow dies shortly
: after my arrival, while I'm there with him and his family, while I'm
: leading them in prayer around his bedside.

: Julie Kanarr