Love And Marriage

"Love And Marriage"

My Dad and I were talking the other night about love
and marriage. He told me that he knew as early as
their wedding what marriage to my Mom would be
like. It seems the minister asked my Mom,

"Do you take this man to be your husband?"

And she said, "I do."

Then the minister asked my Dad,

"Do you take this woman to be your wife?"

and my Mom said, "He does."

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"The Mule Argument"

A Missouri farmer passed away and left 17
mules to his three sons. The instructions left in
the will said that the oldest boy was to get one-half,
the second oldest one-third, and the youngest
one-ninth.

The three sons, recognizing the difficulty of dividing
17 mules into these fractions, began to argue.

Their uncle heard about the argument, hitched up
his mule and drove out to settle the matter.

He added his mule to the 17, making 18.
The oldest therefore got one-half, or nine, the
second oldest got one-third, or six, and the
youngest son got one-ninth, or two.
Adding up 9, 6 and 2 equals 17.

The uncle, having settled the argument,
hitched up his mule and drove home.
Received on Wed Mar 19 04:53:19 2008