Pregnant

"Pregnant"*

*The banker saw his old friend Tom, an eighty
year-old rancher in town. Tom had lost his wife
a year or so before and rumor had it that he was
marrying a "mail order" bride. Being a good friend,
the banker asked Tom if the rumor was true. Tom
assured him that it was. The banker then asked
Tom the age of his new bride to be.. Tom proudly
said, "She'll be twenty-one in November."

Now the banker, being the wise man that he was,
could see that the sexual appetite of a young
woman could not be satisfied by an eighty-year-
old man. Wanting his old friend's remaining years
to be happy the banker tactfully suggested that Tom
should consider getting a hired hand to help him
out on the ranch, knowing nature would take its
own course. Tom thought this was a good idea
and said he would look for one that afternoon.

About four months later, the banker ran into Tom
in town again. "How's the new wife?" asked the banker.

Tom proudly said, "Oh, she's pregnant."

The banker, happy that his sage advice had
worked out, continued, "And how's the hired hand?"

Without hesitating, Tom said, "She's pregnant, too."
Received on Tue Jan 6 09:12:49 2009