A True Hockey Fan

Stanley Cup Finals start tonight (May 29)--but you already knew that. Right? (If not, click here.) So here is a joke for the occasion:


A True Hockey Fan -

It's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and a younger man makes his way to his seat in the lower bowl near center ice. He sits down, immediately noticing that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks an older gentleman on the other side of the empty seat if he knows if someone will be sitting there.

'No,' says the older man. 'The seat will be empty.'

'This is incredible', said the younger man. 'Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs and not use it?'

The older gentleman says, 'Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away recently. This will be the first Stanley Cup game that we haven't gone together since we got married in 1967.'

'Oh ... I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else, a friend or a relative, or even a neighbour to take the seat?'

The man shakes his head. 'No. they all had to go to the funeral.'