A wealthy man had been 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
paid
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, some 8 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."