A friend sent me this and I thought this group of perfectionists and tale validaters might enjoy it. Amy omst --- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: 9/20/2006 10:43:54 AM Subject: Subject: 9 months later >9 Months Later... > > Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Jack's > minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught > in > a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the > attractive lady who answered he door if they could spend the night. > > "I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all > to > myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid the > neighbors > will talk if I let you stay in my house." > > "Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the > weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light." The lady agreed, and the > two > men found their way to the barn and settled in for the nig ht. Come > morning, > the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great > weekend of skiing. > > But about nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an > attorney. > It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that > it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski > weekend. He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, "Bob, do you remember > that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up > north about 9 months ago?" > > "Yes, I do," said Bob. > > "Did you, er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the > house and pay her a visit?" > > "Well, um, yes," Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out, "I > have to admit that I did." > > "And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?" & gt; > Bob's face turned beet red and he said, "Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm > afraid I did. Why do you ask?" > > "She just died and left me everything." > > (And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you? > ... now keep that smile for the rest of the day.) >