Mom
Knows Best
Michael
invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal,
his mother couldn't help noticing how beautiful Michael's
roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship
between Michael and his roommate and this only made
her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the
two interact, she started to wonder if there was more
between Michael and the roommate than met the eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, Michael volunteered, "I
know what you must be thinking, but I assure you,
Joanne and I are just roommates."
About
a week later, Joanne came to Michael and said, "Ever
since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable
to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. "You
don't suppose she took it, do you?" Joanne said,
"Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter
just to be sure."
So
he sat down and wrote: "Dear Mother, I'm not
saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house,
and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy ladle.
But the fact remains that one has been missing ever
since you were here for dinner."
Several
days later, Michael received a letter from his mother
which read: "Dear Son, I'm not saying that you
'do' sleep with Joanne, and I'm not saying that you
'do not' sleep with Joanne. But the fact remains that
if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have
found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom"
