Search and Rescue

A computer system crashed late one evening, so the operator phones the on-call technical support person.

The phone is answered by a child who whispers "Hello."

"Is your daddy home?" asks the operator.

"Yes," whispers the small voice.

"May I talk to him?"

The child whispers, "No."

Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult, the operator asks, "Is your Mommy there?"

"Yes."

"May I talk to her?"

Again the small voice whispers, "No."

Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the operator asks, "Is anybody else there?"

"Yes," whispers the child, "a policeman."

Wondering what the police would be doing at the technician's home, the operator asks, "May I speak to the policeman?"

"No, he's busy", whispers the child.

"Busy doing what?"

"Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.

Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece on the phone the operator asks, "What is that noise?"

"A heli-copter" answers the whispering voice.

"What is going on there?" asked the operator, now truly alarmed. In an awed whispering voice the child answers,

"The search team just landed the heli-copter."

Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little frustrated the operator asks, "What are they searching for?"

Still whispering, the young voice replies along with a muffled giggle:

"Me."