I went on holiday and asked my friend to look after my cat while I was away.
After a few days I called him up and asked how everything was going.
He said "Your cat's dead".
"What?"
"Your cat is dead, It fell off the roof".
I told him he should have broken the news more thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?"
"Well you could have said the cat was stuck on the roof..."
"then you could have said the fire department couldn't get it down..."
"and finally said it fell off and died."
Then I asked if there was any other news.
He thought for a few seconds and said "Your Mum's on the roof"