It could have been worse!

There was an old country sheriff who always said "it could have been worse!" no matter what happened, he always said that.

One day, two deputies in the sheriffs office answered an emergency call at a farmhouse. When they walked in, they found the nude bodies of a man & a woman on the floor in the bedroom. they had been shot to death!

When they went to the living room, they found a man dead on the floor, a gun by his side. "no doubt about it" one deputy said to the other, this was a double murder & suicide.

This guy came home & found his wife in bed with another man & shot them both! Then he shot himself.

"You're right," the other deputy replied, double murder & suicide, but I`ll bet when the sheriff gets here, he's gonna say, "it could have been worse"!

No way the other deputy said, there are 3 people shot to death here, how could it be worse? You're on!

About that time the old sheriff arrived at the scene, he walked in & saw all the bodies. "no doubt about it, it was a double murder & suicide, the guy came home, found his wife in bed with another man, & shot them both, then he shot himself." After hesitating a moment, the old sheriff said, "but you know, it could have been worse!"

The deputy that lost the bet jumped up & shouted "Sheriff, how could it have been worse? There are 3 people in this farmhouse, & all 3 of them are dead, so it couldn't have been any worse!"

"Yes it could, the sheriff retorted. You see that guy on the floor? If he
had come home yesterday, that would have been me on the bedroom floor!!"