FROM CRADLE TO LADLE
Added on: 29th May 2014
JOHN INVITED HIS MOTHER OVER FOR DINNER.
DURING THE MEAL HIS MOTHER COULDN'T HELP
NOTICING HOW BEAUTIFUL JOHN'S ROOMMATE WAS.
SHE HAD LONG BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF A RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN JOHN AND HIS ROOMMATE AND THIS ONLY
MADE HER MORE CURIOUS. OVER THE COURSE OF
THE EVENING, WHILE WATCHING THE TWO INTERACT,
SHE STARTED TO WONDER IF THERE WAS MORE
BETWEEN JOHN AND THE ROOMMATE THAN MET THE EYE.
READING HIS MOM'S THOUGHTS, JOHN VOLUNTEERED,
"I KNOW WHAT YOU MUST BE THINKING, BUT I ASSURE YOU,
JULIE AND I ARE JUST ROOMMATES."
ABOUT A WEEK LATER, JULIE CAME TO JOHN AND SAID,
"EVER SINCE YOUR MOTHER CAME TO DINNER,
I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE BEAUTIFUL GRAVY LADLE.
YOU DON'T SUPPOSE SHE TOOK IT, DO YOU?"
JOHN SAID, "WELL, I DOUBT IT, BUT I'LL WRITE
HER A LETTER JUST TO BE SURE."
SO, HE SAT DOWN AND WROTE, "DEAR MOTHER,
I'M NOT SAYING YOU 'DID' TAKE A GRAVY LADLE FROM
MY HOUSE, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU 'DID NOT'
TAKE A GRAVY LADLE. BUT, THE FACT REMAINS
THAT ONE HAS BEEN MISSING EVER SINCE
YOU WERE HERE FOR DINNER."
SEVERAL DAYS LATER, JOHN RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM HIS MOTHER WHICH READ:
"DEAR SON, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU 'DO' SLEEP WITH
JULIE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU 'DO NOT' SLEEP
WITH JULIE. BUT, THE FACT REMAINS THAT IF
SHE WAS SLEEPING IN HER OWN BED,
SHE WOULD HAVE FOUND
THE GRAVY LADLE BY NOW.
LOVE, MOM.
LESSON OF THE DAY: DON'T LIE TO YOUR MOTHER.
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