[Magdalen] Ticklebox Repaid -- the 50th Anniversary

[Jim Guthrie]

50th Wedding anniversary

Their three kids, all successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.

"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed Son No. 1. 'Sorry I'm running late. I 
had an
emergency at the hospital with a patient, you know how it is, and I didn't have 
time to get you a
gift."

"Not to worry," said the father. "Important thing is we're all together today."

Son No. 2 arrived. "You and Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from LA between 
depositions & didn't have time to shop for
you."

"It's nothing," said the father. "We're glad you were able to come."

Just then the daughter arrived. "Hello and happy anniversary!  Sorry, but my 
boss is sending me out of town & I was really busy packing so I didn't have time 
to get you anything."

After they had finished dessert, the father said, "There's something your mother 
and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. "You see, we
were really poor, but we managed to send each of you to college.

Through the years your mother and I knew we loved each other very much, but we 
just never found the time to
get married."

The three children gasped and said, "WHAT? You mean we're bastards?"

"Yep", said the father, "Cheap ones too..."

Cheers,
Jim

"The enemy isn’t liberalism;
the enemy isn’t conservatism.
The enemy, is baloney." - Lars Erik Nelson