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A shop owner has been questioning her male assistant over a prolonged absence from work.

SHOP OWNER: So you’re saying you were off for three weeks because you had an accident with your zip?

ASSISTANT: It’s not funny! Little accidents can turn into something very nasty. I could have died. I was very ill, you ask Frank.

SHOP OWNER: You could have died? What actually happened?

ASSISTANT: I told you, I had an accident with my zip.

SHOP OWNER: Can you be a bit more precise? This is three weeks, not three days.

ASSISTANT: Look, I got it stuck in my zipper.

SHOP OWNER: You got your thing stuck in your zip and it took you three weeks to get over it? Marge had triplets and she was back at work six days later.

ASSISTANT: I got blood poisoning. I’ve only just got over it.

SHOP OWNER: How do you get blood poisoning from getting your thing caught in your zip?

ASSISTANT: I don’t know! But I did! It was really serious at one point. I almost died.

SHOP OWNER: Well that would have meant for an interesting obituary, wouldn’t it?