A
husband wrote the following letter for his wife and left it on the
dining room table:
"To My Dear Wife,
You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being
54 years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I
value you as a good wife. Therefore after reading this letter I hope
you will not wrongly interpret the fact that I will be spending the
evening with my 18-year-old secretary at the Comfort Inn Hotel. Please
don't be upset I shall be back home before midnight."
When the man came home late that night he found the following letter
on the dining room table:
"To My Dear Husband,
I received your letter and thank you for your honesty about my being
54 years old. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that
you are also 54 years old. As you know I am a math teacher at our
local college. I would like to inform you that while you read this I
will be at the Hotel Fiesta with Michael, one of my students, who is
also the assistant tennis coach. He is young, virile, and like your
secretary, is 18 years old. As a successful businessman with an
excellent knowledge of math you will understand that we are in the
same situation, although with one small difference. 18 goes into 54 a
lot more times than 54 goes into 18. Therefore I will not be home
until sometime tomorrow."