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Divorce Settlement
A married couple is driving along a highway doing a steady forty
miles
per
hour.
The wife is behind the wheel. Her husband suddenly looks
across
at her and speaks in a clear voice.
"Darling," he says. "I know
we've
been married for twenty years, but I want a divorce."
The wife says nothing, keeps looking at the road ahead but slowly
increases
her speed to 45 mph.
The husband speaks again. "I don't want you to try to talk me out
of
it",
he says, "because I've been having an affair with your best friend,
and
she's a far better lover than you are."
Again the wife stays quiet, but grips the steering wheel more
tightly
and
slowly increases the speed to 55.
He pushes his luck. "I want the house," he says insistently. Up
to
60mph.
"I want the car, too," he continues...65 mph
"And," he says, "I'll
have
the bank accounts, all the credit cars and the boat."
The car
slowly
starts veering towards a massive concrete bridge.
This makes him a wee bit nervous, so he asks her: "Isn't there
anything
you
want?"
The wife at last replies - in a quiet and controlled voice. "No,
I've
got
everything I need." she says.
"Oh, really?" he inquires, "So what have you got?"
Just before they slam into the wall at 75 mph, the wife turns to
him
and smiles. "The airbag!" |