Dave was a salesman’s delight when it came to any kind of
unusual gadgets for sale.
His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to
change. One day Dave came home with another one of his unusual
purchases. It was a robot that Dave claimed was actually a lie
detector.
It was about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old
son, returned home from school. Tommy was over 2 hours late.
“Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting
home?” asked
Dave.
“Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit
project,” said Tommy. The robot then walked around the table and
slapped Tommy, knocking him completely out of his chair.
“Son,” said Dave, “this robot is a lie detector, now tell us
where you really were after school.”
“We went to Bobby’s house and watched a movie.” said Tommy.
“What did you watch?” asked Marsha.
“The Ten Commandments.” answered Tommy. The robot went around to
Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him off his chair once
more.
With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, “I am
sorry I lied. We really watched a tape called Debbie does
Dallas.”
“I am ashamed of you son,” said Dave. “When I was your age, I
never lied to my parents.”
The robot then walked around to John and delivered a whack that
nearly knocked him out of his chair. Marsha doubled over in
laughter, almost in tears and said, “Boy, did you ever ask for that
one! You can’t be too mad with Tommy. After all, he is your
son!”
With that the robot immediately walked around to Marsha and
knocked her out of her chair.
