My Three Sons
A man and his wife were celebrating 50 years together and anxiously awaiting
the arrival of their three successful kids for a big Sunday dinner in their
honor.
Son Number One shows up and gushes, "Sorry I'm so late. I had an
emergency at the office and just couldn't find the time to get you a present".
"Don't give it a thought", said good old Dad. "The important thing is
that we're all going to be here together."
Soon the younger son arrives and explains, "Boy was Iucky to get here.
I just flew in from LA and came straight from the airport. Unfortunately I
had no chance to buy you a present."
It's Mom's turn. "Jimmy, don't worry about it. We're all going to be
together and that's all that really counts".
Finally their daughter shows up with, "Happy Anniversary you two. Gosh
am I beat. With no notice at all my boss is sending me out of town. I
barely had time to pack. The shuttle will be here in about three hours to pick
me up. I'm so sorry but I just didn't have time to get you anything."
Dad says, "Sally for Heaven's sake, you know that's not important.
We're all together and we're going to have a good time."
After they had all finished dessert, things are quiet and Dad speaks
up. " Kids, there's something your Mom and I have wanted to tell you for a long
time. You see, we were very poor and we worked very hard to raise each one
of you properly and send you to college. So all through the years your
mother and I knew that we loved each other very much. But we just never found the
time to get married."
The shock sets in and there's a gasp in unison. "What? You mean we're
all bastards?"
"Yep," says Pop, "--and cheap ones at that ! ! !"
WAIT ! ! Here's a bonus:
While Nostradamus was alive he he was in great demand by the various
churches and temples in the area.
This got to be terrible strain on the poor man, running from place to
place. So the religious groups got together and hammered out a schedule
wherein they would each get Nostradamus' services for one or two days a month on a
rotationg basis.
It was the world's first prophet-sharing plan.