A man was sleeping when his wife shook him and said, „Wake up! Someone is breaking in!”
The man had gone through this almost every night for 20 years, and he knew that the only way he would get any rest was to go and check it out. This time, however, there was a man with a gun who entered to rob the house.
As the thief was about to leave the man said, „You have to go and meet my wife.”
The thief said, „Why would you want me to meet your wife?”
The man explained, „Well, she’s been expecting you for 20 years.”
The bank robbers had tied and gagged the bank cashier after extracting the combination to the safe and had herded the other employees into a separate room under guard.
After they had rifled the safe and were about to leave, the cashier made desperate pleading noises through the gag. Moved by curiosity, one of the burglars loosed the gag.
„Please,” whispered the cashier, „take the books, too. I’m $8,500 short.”