The Statue

[mals]

A woman was in bed with her lover when she heard her husband opening the
front door.

'Hurry,' she said, 'stand in the corner.'

She rubbed baby oil all over him, then dusted him with talcum powder.

'Don't move until I tell you,' she said. 'Pretend you're a statue.'

'What's this?' the husband inquired as he entered the room.

'Oh it's a statue.' she replied. 'The Smith's bought one and I liked
it so
much I got one for us, too.'

No more was said, not even when they went to bed.

Around2 AM** **the husband got up, went to the kitchen and returned with
a
sandwich and a beer.**

'Here,' he said to the statue, 'have this. I stood like that for two
days at
the Smith's and nobody offered me a damned thing.'**
**