A wealthy married man was having an affair with an
Italian woman for several years. One night, during one of their rendezvous, she
confided in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his
reputation or his marriage, he said he would pay her a large sum of
money if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child. If she stayed in Italy to
raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child
turned 18. She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was
born.
To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a
post card, and write "Spaghetti"on the back. He would then arrange
for child support payments to begin.
One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his
confused wife.
"Honey," she said, "you received a very strange post
card today "
"Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it," he said.
The wife obeyed, and watched as her husband read the card,
turned white, and fainted.
On the card was written: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti,
Spaghetti. Two with
meatballs, one without.