Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site trwrba.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrba!suhre From: suhre@trwrba.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Hope Chest Message-ID: <999@trwrba.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 19:40:12 EDT Article-I.D.: trwrba.999 Posted: Thu Oct 4 19:40:12 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 02:22:42 EDT Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 22 A farmer and his wife had been married over 20 years. One day it was raining and the farmer couldn't work outside. His wife had gone into town and he went upstairs to clean out the attic, something he had been putting off for a long time. While in the attic he happened to come across his wife's hope chest. Being very curious, he pried it open to see what was inside. He found 3 soybeans and 9 dollar bills. He was quite curious as to the significance of these items. When his wife returned, he 'fessed up to his invasion of what he perceived to be her privacy. And he asked, "What on earth are those soybeans for?" She replied, "There is one for each affair that I have had." He thought that 3 affairs in over 20 years wasn't too bad. But there was still the matter of the money. "What about the 9 dollars?" he asked. She replied, "Well, you always told me to sell soybeans when they got to $9 a bushel!"