When Bill and Hillary first got married, Bill said, "I am
> putting a box under our bed. You must promise never to look
> in it." In all their 30 years of marriage, Hillary never
> looked. However, on the afternoon of their 30th anniversary,
> curiosity got the better of her and she lifted the lid and
> peeked inside. In the box there were 3 empty beer cans and
> $1,874.25 in cash.
>
> After dinner, Hillary could no longer contain her guilt and
> she confessed, saying, "I am so sorry. For all these years
> I kept my promise and never looked in the box under our bed.
> However, today the temptation was too much and I gave in.
> But now I need to know why do you keep the empty cans in
> the box?"
>
> Bill thought for a while and said, "I guess that after all
> these years you deserve to know the truth. Whenever I was
> unfaithful to you, I put an empty beer can in the box under
> the bed to remind myself not to do it again."
>
> Hillary was shocked, but said, "I am very disappointed and
> saddened, but I guess after all those years away from home
> on the road, temptation does happen and I guess that 3 times
> is not that bad considering the number of years we've been
> together."
>
> They hugged and made their peace. A little while later,
> Hillary asked Bill, "So why do you have all that money in
> the box?"
>
> Bill answered, "Well, whenever the box filled up with empty
> cans, I took them to the recycling center and redeemed them
> for cash."
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