A group of women decided to arrange a weekend camp-out as a "treat" for their mothers-in-law and to hopefully get to know and understand each other better. Two buses were hired to transport the group, one for the mothers-in-law and another for the daughters-in-law.
Unfortunately, on the way to the campsite, the bus carrying the mothers-in-law was involved in a terrible accident, and everyone in that bus died.
The daughters-in-law shed tears [like women would usually do], but there was one particular woman who quite puzzled the rest of the group. She wailed, sobbed, boo-hoo-ed, and bawled uncontrollably and seemed inconsolable by the ones who sat nearest to her.
Finally, someone from the rear of the bus approached the distraught woman and very solicitously said, "Forgive me for asking, but were you and your mother-in-law really that close?"
The wailing one replied, "Actually, we are not close at all."
"So what's with all the howling and keening and tears then?"
"She missed the bus!"
Unfortunately, on the way to the campsite, the bus carrying the mothers-in-law was involved in a terrible accident, and everyone in that bus died.
The daughters-in-law shed tears [like women would usually do], but there was one particular woman who quite puzzled the rest of the group. She wailed, sobbed, boo-hoo-ed, and bawled uncontrollably and seemed inconsolable by the ones who sat nearest to her.
Finally, someone from the rear of the bus approached the distraught woman and very solicitously said, "Forgive me for asking, but were you and your mother-in-law really that close?"
The wailing one replied, "Actually, we are not close at all."
"So what's with all the howling and keening and tears then?"
"She missed the bus!"