銀湯匙 SILVER LADLE

銀湯匙 因為老家離大學很遠，為了方便上學，John和另一個同學合資在大學附近租了一個房子。 有一天，John 邀請媽媽來吃晚飯。 飯桌上，媽媽一再注意到與 John 同住的女室友Mary非常漂亮，而且覺得二人的眼神交流也非比尋常，她十分懷疑兩人的關係是否真的僅限於室友。 John也發現了媽媽的想法，於是主動跟媽媽說明︰ 「我知道妳在想什麼，不過我可以向妳保證，Mary和我是純粹的室友，絕對沒別的。」 一個星期後，Mary 跑來跟John說︰ 「自從你媽媽來吃過晚飯之後，我就一直找不到我那把純銀的湯匙，你覺得會不會是她拿走了？」 John說：「我不知道呀！不過別擔心，讓我來處理這件事吧。」 之後他寫了一封信給他媽媽： 親愛的媽媽， 我不會說您「拿」了一把純銀湯匙，我也不會說您「沒拿」了一把純銀湯匙， 不過有一件事情大家都注意到了，就是自從您在這裡吃了晚飯之後，有一樣東西不見了。 愛你的 John幾天後，媽媽的回信來了： 親愛的兒子， 我不會說你和 Mary 「睡」在一起，我也不會說你和 Mary 「沒睡」在一起， 不過有一件事情大家都注意到了，那就是如果她的確是睡在自己床上的話，她早就會發現那把純銀湯匙了。愛你的 媽媽 SILVER LADLE Mike had invited his mother to have dinner with him and his roommate Chester. During the dinner Mike's mother couldn't help but notice the glances the two young men shared and how they acted around each other. She also notcied that Chester was a very good looking man and she was starting to suspect that Mike and Chester were more than just friends. She decided that she would ask her son about it. While Chester was in the kitching cleaning up, Mike mother sat down next to Mike in the livingroom and said: "Mike, I've noticed the way you two are looking at each other. Is there something you need to tell me about Chester and yours relationship?" Mike was suprised by his mothers question. "Mom, we're just friends. Don't you think that I should have told you if there was something more than friendship between Chester and I?" he answered and stood up, leaving his mother alone in the livingroom with a michevious smile on her face One week later when Chester was sorting the tableware etc. he noticed that their silver ladle was missing. "Mike? Have you seen the silver ladle lately? It's missing." "No I haven't," Mike answered and walked into the kitchen. "The last time I saw it was when my mom was here." "You don't think she took it, do you?" Chester said and crossed his arms over his chest. "Nah, but I could always ask her." Mike walked over to the phone and dialed his mothers number. "Hey mom, it's Mike." "Oh hello Michael," his mother answered in the other end. She sounded happy. "Uhm, I'm not saying that you did or didn't take our silver ladle, but it's been missing since you were here so..." he said. "Well, Michael," his mother said and giggled slightly "I'm not saying that you are or aren't sleeping with Chester, but if he had slept in his own bed this past week, he would have found the ladle a long time ago." "Oh", was the only word Mike could say. "Good, we have sorted that out. Good bye Michael."