[1963] in Humor
the merits of longevity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LMCCOOPER@aol.com)
Tue Mar 18 13:44:13 1997
From: <LMCCOOPER@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:35:29 -0500 (EST)
To: humor@MIT.EDU
A man and his wife of more than 50 years were rocking back andforth
> on
> >>the front porch. Slowly they rocked, in rhythm as this was
> theirtime
> >>to spend a few quiet moments and after years of practice theyrocked
> to
> >>the same pace.
> >>
> >>Suddenly the wife stopped, grabbed her cane, and with a loud andhard
> >>WHACK hit her husband across the shins.
> >>
> >>His eyes watered and tears ran down his cheeks. When he
> finallycaught
> >>his breath he gasped and asked, "What'd you do that fer?""
> >>
> >>"That's fer fifty years of bad sex," she said.
> >>
> >>He nodded his head, but said nothing. Slowly they began to rock
> >>again. Again they kept pace. Back and forth, back and forth they
> >>rocked, until suddenly the man stopped, and picked up his cane. He
> >>reached over and with a loud, sharp WHACK, he hit his wife acrossthe
> >>shins.
> >>
> >>As soon as her eyes quit watering and she could speak she
> asked,"What
> >>was that fer?""
> >>
> >>"That," said her husband as he began to rock again, "is fer
> knowin'the
> >>difference."
