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„You and your husband don’t seem to have an awful lot in common,” said the new tenant’s neighbor. „Why on earth did you get married?”

„I suppose it was the old business of ‘opposites attract’,” was the reply. „He wasn’t pregnant and I was.”

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Little Sam was out shopping with his mother, something he didn’t like very much. But when they passed a toy store, Sam came to life. He saw a new toy in the window that he didn’t have but wanted. Sam begged, pleaded and nagged but to no avail. He got so rude that his mother firmly said, „I’m very sorry Sam, but we didn’t come out to buy you a toy.”

Sam angrily said, „I’ve never met a woman as mean as you.”

Holding his hand gently, she replied, „Sam, darling, one day you’ll get married and then you will … you really will, I promise you.”

Mary: I had to go again today to have bloodwork done.

Jill: Oh, I hate that!

Mary: I do too, but I try to make jokes about it. When the technician says, „You’ll feel a little prick,” I come back with, „Well, hell, I could have stayed married for that!”

At a church event, our minister stood chatting with a young couple, thinking he had recently christened their baby. „So, are you two finally getting some sleep at night?” he asked.

With their stuttering reply, he realized his mistake. They were the couple he had married six weeks earlier.