A co-worker told Joe that his wife was being unfaithful every day at 1:30 in the afternoon with Joe’s best friend.
Worried and hurt, Joe ran home at 1:30 to see if this was true.
He came back to the office contented and relieved.
His co-worker asked him how it went.
“Look,” said Joe. “Don’t start such terrible rumors! That guy isn’t my best friend… I don’t even know him.”
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The banker saw his old friend Tom, an 80-year old rancher, on his farm.
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 21 in November.”
Now the banker, being the wise man that he was, could see that the a young woman could not be s.a.tisfied by an 80-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 again…
“How’s the new wife?”, asked the banker.
Tom proudly said, “Good – she’s pregnant.”
The banker, happy that his sage advice had worked out, continued, “And how’s the hired hand?”
Without hesitating, Tom whispered, “She’s pregnant, too.”
