When Bill and Hillary first got married,
Bill said, "I am putting a box under the bed. You must promise never to
look in it."
In all their 30 years of marriage Hillary
never looked. However on the afternoon of their 30th anniversary curiosity
got the best of her and she lifted the lid and peeked inside. In the box
were 3 empty beer cans and $1,874.25 in cash.
She closed the box and put it back under
the bed. Now that she knew what was in the box, she was doubly curious
as to why.
That evening they were out for a special
dinner. After dinner Hillary could no longer contain her curiosity and
she confessed, saying, "I am so sorry. For all these years I kept my promise
and never looked into the box under our bed. However, today the temptation
was too much and I gave in. But now I need to know why do you keep the
cans in the box?"
Bill thought for a while and said, "I guess
after all these years you deserve to know the truth. Whenever I was unfaithful
to you I put an empty beer can in the box under the bed to remind myself
not to do it again."
Hillary was shocked, but said, "I am very
disappointed and saddened but guess after all those years away from home
on the road, temptation does happen and I guess that 3 times is not that
bad considering the years."
They hugged and made their peace.
A little while later Hillary asked Bill,
"So why do you have all that money in the box?"
Bill answered, "Well, whenever the box
filled up with empty cans, I took them to the recycling center and redeemed
them for cash..."
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