Secret to a long marriage
> > A couple were celebrating their golden wedding
> > anniversary. Their domestic tranquillity had long
> > been the talk of the town. A local newspaper
> > reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their
> > long and happy marriage.
> >
> > 'Well, it dates back to our honeymoon,' explained
> > the man. 'We visited the Grand Canyon and took
> > a trip down to the bottom on the canyon by pack
> > mule. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's mule stumbled.
> > My wife quietly said, 'That's once.'
> >
> > We proceeded a little further and the mule stumbled
> > again. Once more my wife quietly said, 'That twice.'
> > We hadn't gone a half- mile when the mule stumbled
> > the third time.
> >
> > My wife quietly removed a revolver from her pocket
> > and shot the mule dead. I started to protest over her
> > treatment of the mule when she looked at me and quietly
> > said 'That's once.'
