What do you call yourself?

A father, a mother, a son and a daughter walk into a talent agency. The talent agent looks up from his desk when the father says “We want to try our luck in the entertainment industry and are here to show you our act”.

The talent agent looks at them, looks around and says, “Oh no! I know exactly what is going to happen. No way”!

But the father insists, “Do give us a shot and you won’t be disappointed”.

The agent apprehensively says, “Go ahead!”

So the father drags a table and chairs to the center of the room. The mother brings out a delicious smelling dinner and sets it up. All four of them sit down and say grace before beginning to eat. “How was your day honey?” asks the mother. The father proceeds to tell her that all five of the life-saving surgeries he performed pro-bono that day were a success and the illegal immigrant families had given him gift baskets to show their gratitude. He had accepted them as a sign of respect but later donated to a Salvation Army. The mother is pleased and informs the family that all her charity organizations managed to reach their fund raising goals for the year. As their director she would personally visit various third-world countries and provide aid and relief to the backward communities. Beaming with pride the attention now turns to the children. They both inform their parents that they have once again managed straight-A’s and excellence in sports and other extra-curricular activities comes easy to them. The parents though proud take this opportunity to instruct the kids about the virtues of humility and compassion. Amidst the conversation they see a homeless man outside the window. Immediately the son and the daughter empty half of their plates and go out to feed the tired and hungry man. They even give the man their dad’s coat to keep him warm. The derelict thanks the stranger’s kindness and goes on his way. The children come back into the house to find that their parents had bought them surprise gifts for their good performance in school. Although initially elated, their tender hearts bleed when they think of the homeless man they had fed and clothed not more than a few minutes ago and others less fortunate like him. They ask their parents to donate their gifts to a good charitable organization where they will be given to needier children. The family soon settles down for their game-night of ‘pictionary’. Through the adept use of allegory, the parents use the game to instruct the kids in human morality and basic goodness of man. They do not however forget that this is meant to be fun and the children seem to be enjoying themselves thoroughly. Just then the father finds out that one of his patients has unexpectedly taken a turn for the worse and is in urgent need of a kidney. Knowing that there isn’t time to put him on the transplant list, the father decides to donate his kidney to save the man. The family is grief struck as this means an end to family traditions like football sunday and fishing friday. But they understand. The man will die without a kidney leaving his children to grow up as orphans, if they grow up at all. They know that what their father is doing is the right and courageous thing. They are proud of him. Before leaving for the hospital they come together for a group hug. They weep silently but the intense love and affection they feel for each other fills the family with renewed strength and they loudly vow to “be there for each other until the end of time.”

With that the group breaks up with a "TADAAAA" and all look at the agent expectedly.

The talent agent stares at them for the longest time and says, “That is one hell of an act. What do you call yourself?”