THE LIE DETECTOR
John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmicks. His wife
Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change. One day John came home
with another one of his unusual purchases. It was a robot that John 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 John.
"Several of us
went to the library to work on an extra credit project," said Tommy.
The robot walked
around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him completely out of
his chair.
"Son," said John, "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.
With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, "I am sorry I lied. We
really
watched a tape called Sex
Queen."
"I am ashamed of you son," said John. "When I was your age, I never lied to my
parents."
The robot 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!"
The robot walked around to Marsha and knocked her out of her chair.
