I heard Chuck Swindoll tell this joke a while ago.
A man has gone on a week-long business trip. About mid-week he decides to phone home and tell his wife he loves and misses her. It is the maid who answers his call. "Put my wife on the phone, please," the businessman says to the maid.
"I can't, sir. She's busy."
"Busy? What do you mean? What's she doing?"
"She's upstairs with her boyfriend."
"What?!! Her boyfriend?!!"
"Yes, sir."
The businessman is understandably dismayed. His mind reels for a moment in confusion, hurt and terrible anger and then he barks at the maid, "All right. I want you to go to the gun cabinet in the basement and get my shotgun, put two shells in it and come back up to the phone."
"All right, sir. Just a moment." A minute or so passes and then the voice of the maid sounds from the receiver, "And what should I do now, sir?"
"Go straight up stairs and shoot my wretched wife and her boyfriend!"
"All right, sir."
The businessman can hear the maid ascend the stairs to the second floor. When she reaches the top there are several moments of silence and then two loud gunshots. After a short time the maid returns to the phone, "All right, sir, I've shot them. They're dead."
"Good. Take them to the pool in the backyard and dump them in. I'll take care of the rest when I get home."
"Sir?"
"Yes?"
"We don't have a pool."
There's a brief pause and then, "Is this 536-4427?"
A man has gone on a week-long business trip. About mid-week he decides to phone home and tell his wife he loves and misses her. It is the maid who answers his call. "Put my wife on the phone, please," the businessman says to the maid.
"I can't, sir. She's busy."
"Busy? What do you mean? What's she doing?"
"She's upstairs with her boyfriend."
"What?!! Her boyfriend?!!"
"Yes, sir."
The businessman is understandably dismayed. His mind reels for a moment in confusion, hurt and terrible anger and then he barks at the maid, "All right. I want you to go to the gun cabinet in the basement and get my shotgun, put two shells in it and come back up to the phone."
"All right, sir. Just a moment." A minute or so passes and then the voice of the maid sounds from the receiver, "And what should I do now, sir?"
"Go straight up stairs and shoot my wretched wife and her boyfriend!"
"All right, sir."
The businessman can hear the maid ascend the stairs to the second floor. When she reaches the top there are several moments of silence and then two loud gunshots. After a short time the maid returns to the phone, "All right, sir, I've shot them. They're dead."
"Good. Take them to the pool in the backyard and dump them in. I'll take care of the rest when I get home."
"Sir?"
"Yes?"
"We don't have a pool."
There's a brief pause and then, "Is this 536-4427?"
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