MARITAL BLISS
Added on: 8th Apr 2016
SO GRANDPA”
ASKED DAVE AT HIS
ENGAGEMENT PARTY
“YOUR MARRIAGE TO GRANDMA
IS LEGENDARY EVERYONE
TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU TWO
GET ALONG SO WELL
AND NEVER FIGHT,
WHAT’S THE SECRET TO
YOUR MARITAL SUCCESS?”
“WELL” SAID GRANDPA JOE
AFTER TAKING A DEEP PUFF
ON HIS CIGAR
“IT ALL STARTED
ON THE WAY HOME
FROM OUR WEDDING,
WE HADN’T GONE BUT A MILE
WHEN THE HORSE STARTED
GIVING US TROUBLE
I GAVE THE HORSE A LITTLE WHIP
AND THAT’S WHEN I HEARD YOUR
GRANDMA SAY IN A LOW VOICE
“THAT’S STRIKE ONE.”
A BIT LATER
THE HORSE STOPPED AGAIN
“THAT’S STRIKE TWO”
SHE SAID.
THE THIRD TIME IT STOPPED
SHE GRABBED MY SHOTGUN
OUT OF MY HOLSTER
AND SHOT IT IN THE HEAD.
I WAS IN SHOCK!
“WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS
THAT ALL ABOUT?”
I HAD PROTESTED AT THE TIME.
“THAT’S STRIKE ONE!”
SHE SAID BACK TO ME.
“AND THAT IS WHAT I OWE OUR
MARITAL SUCCESS TO.”
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