Your cat just died

I got this as a forward email the other day and had a few questions bout it.
a. who came up with this?
b. what is the point of this?
c. is it really that important to educate ourselves on informing someone of their cat's death?
d. would u really be this blunt about it?

Top 10 Ways To Tell Your Friend His Cat's Dead

1. "I've got good news and bad news. Bad news is, your cat's dead. The good news is that I saved a lot on my car insurance."
2. "Hey, you're out of milk, the chips are stale, your cat's dead, and the light bulb in the bathroom needs to be changed.
3. "(when they walk into the apartment) *sniff* *sniff* "You smell dead cat?
4. "Leave a suicide note next to the cat with a finished bag of catnip mentioning how boring the sitter was.
5. "Are you still interested in those taxidermy classes?
6. "Get rid of the cat, draw a chalk outline, put up police tape all over the place, and act stupid.
7. "Will everyone with a live cat please step forward… Not so fast, buddy.""
8. You have a couple of messages: Your mom called, she wants you to call her back; Your landlord said the rent is late; Your cat said 'Bye'.
9. "(When you pick him up from the airport)sitter: Let's play a game… Dead or Human.owner: Huh? Ok…sitter: You?owner: Humansitter: Me?owner: Humansitter: Your cat?owner: …
10. owner: Thanks for watching the place. Where are my keys?sitter: Oh, I think they're under your dead cat.