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Free Meat For 16 Years

It was many years ago since the embarrassing day when a young woman, with a baby in her arms, entered his butcher shop and confronted him with the news that the baby was his and asked what was he going to do about it. Finally he offered to provide her with free meat until the boy was 16. She agreed.

He had been counting the years off on his calendar, and one day the teenager, who had been collecting the meat each week, came into the shop and said, "I'll be 16 tomorrow."

"I know," said the butcher with a smile, "I've been counting too, tell your mother, when you take this parcel of meat home, that it is the last free meat she'll get, and watch the expression on her face."

When the boy arrived home he told his mother.

The woman nodded and said, "Son, go back to the butcher and tell him I have also had free bread, free milk, and free groceries for the last 16 years and watch the expression on his face!"

Do You Lie To Your Spouse

In a recent poll from around the world, READERS DIGEST has discovered that, more often than not, spouses tend to lie to each other. A lot.

And what they lie about is not necessarily divorce-worthy, but it's bad enough to start a fight that could last for hours or even days.

In READERS DIGEST's latest global survey, the top answer in 15 countries was lying about one's whereabouts, with Russians doing the most lying in that category.

In the United States, lying about one's whereabouts also ranked highest, but lying about cash came in at a very close second. Mo money, mo problems, I always say.

I think the real question is; where the hell is everyone going that they feel the need to lie about it? Are they headed to strip joints? Another man's home? Is there some secret location men and women head to that's too dirty to talk about?

Free Meat For 16 Years

Do You Lie To Your Spouse

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