WHY ARE THE CURTAINS CLOSED

A POLITICIAN AWOKE IN A

HOSPITAL BED AFTER A

COMPLICATED OPERATION AND

FOUND THAT THE CURTAINS

WERE DRAWN AROUND HIM. 

"WHY ARE THE CURTAINS CLOSED,"

HE SAID.

"IS IT NIGHT?" 

A NURSE REPLIED,

"NO, IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A

FIRE AT THE EMPTY WAREHOUSE

ACROSS THE STREET

AND WE DIDN'T WANT YOU

WAKING UP AND THINKING

THAT THE OPERATION

WAS UNSUCCESSFUL."