Steve
01-18-2002, 07:37 AM
> > The almost perfect crime...
> >
> > The other night I was invited out for a night with the lads.
> > I told my wife that I would be home by midnight... "Promise!"
> > Well, the hours passed quickly and the beer was going down way too
easy.
> > At 3am, drunk as a skunk, I headed for home.
> > Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and
> > cuckooed
> > three times.
> > Quickly,I realised she'd probably wake up, so I cuckooed another 9
times.
> > I was really proud of myself for having such a rapid, witty solution,
> > even when smashed, to escape a possible conflict.
> > The next morning my wife asked me what time I got in, and I told her 12
> > o'clock.
> > She didn't seem disturbed at all. Got away with that one, I thought!
> > Then she told me we needed a new cuckoo clock.
> > When I asked her why, she said, "Well, last night it cuckooed 3 times,
> > then said, 'oh ****,' Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat,
cuckooed
> > another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more.... then farted."
> >
> > The other night I was invited out for a night with the lads.
> > I told my wife that I would be home by midnight... "Promise!"
> > Well, the hours passed quickly and the beer was going down way too
easy.
> > At 3am, drunk as a skunk, I headed for home.
> > Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and
> > cuckooed
> > three times.
> > Quickly,I realised she'd probably wake up, so I cuckooed another 9
times.
> > I was really proud of myself for having such a rapid, witty solution,
> > even when smashed, to escape a possible conflict.
> > The next morning my wife asked me what time I got in, and I told her 12
> > o'clock.
> > She didn't seem disturbed at all. Got away with that one, I thought!
> > Then she told me we needed a new cuckoo clock.
> > When I asked her why, she said, "Well, last night it cuckooed 3 times,
> > then said, 'oh ****,' Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat,
cuckooed
> > another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more.... then farted."