Farmer Jake had a nagging wife who made his life
miserable.
The only real peace that he got was when he was
out in the field plowing with his mule.
One day, when he was out in the field, Jake's wife
brought his lunch to him. Then she stayed while he
quietly ate and berated him with a constant stream of
nagging and complaining.
Suddenly, Jake's old mule kicked up his back legs,
striking the wife in the head, and killing her
instantly.
At the funeral, Jake's minister noticed that when the
women offered their sympathy to Jake he would nod his
head up and down as if saying "yes", but when the men
came up and spoke quietly to him, he would shake his
head from side to side as if saying "no".
When the wake was over and all the mourners had left,
the minister approached Jake and asked, "Why was it
that you nodded 'yes' to all the women
and shook your head 'no' to all the men?"
"Well," Jake replied, "the women all said how nice she
looked, and her dress was so pretty, so I agreed.
The men all asked if my mule was for sale.
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