a terribly sad occurance

telephone conversation:

elaine: hey, do you know who died?
mary: uh, the pope
elaine: no. worse.
mary: worse? someone bigger than the pope?
elaine: well, he probably had a bigger impact on your life than the pope did...
mary: WHO??
elaine: mitch hedberg.
mary: *gasp* oh. my. god.
elaine: yeah, the pope never had you laughing so hard you fell off your bed, now did he?
mary: *still gasping* no. no, he didn't.