Bill & The Box Under The Bed




Bill and Hillary are now married 40 years.  When they first got married, Bill said,
"I'm putting a box under the bed.  You must promise never to look in  it."

In all their 40 years of marriage, Hillary never looked.  However, on the afternoon
of their 40th anniversary, curiosity got the better of her, and she lifted the lid
and peeked inside.  In the box were 3 empty beer cans and $10,874.25 in cash.

She closed the box and put it back under the bed.  Now that she knew what was in the
box, she was doubly curious as to why.  That evening they were out for a special
dinner.

After dinner, Hillary could no longer contain her curiosity and she confessed,
saying, "I am so sorry.  For all these years, I kept my promise and never looked into
the box under our bed.  However, today the temptation was too much, and I gave in to
it.  But now I need to know why you keep the empty cans in  the box?"

Bill thought for a while and said, "I guess that, after all these years, you deserve
to know the truth.  Whenever I was unfaithful to you, I put an empty beer can in the
box to remind myself not to do it again".

Hillary was shocked and said, "I'm very disappointed, but I guess that, after all
those years away from home on the  road, temptation does happen, and I guess that
3 times isn't all that bad over the course of 40 years."

They hugged and made their peace.  A little while later, Hillary asked, "Why do you
have all that money in the box?"

Bill answered, "Whenever the box filled with empties, I cashed 'em in."