A newlywed couple is finally alone on their wedding night. They had maintained a chaste courtship, and never seen one another naked. The bride undresses and encourages the groom to do the same.
"Before I do," he says, "I'm afraid I didn't tell you that I suffer from some side effects of unusual childhood diseases."
"I'm sure we can overcome some minor blemishes," she coos.
He takes off his trousers to expose two gnarled and scarred knees.
"What happened to your knees?" the bride asked.
"Well," he replies, "when I was in first grade I got the kneesles."
"You mean measles, don't you?" she returned.
"No, I got a rare variation that attacks the knees; that's why they look so bad." He then removed his socks and bared two feet with very twisted and mis-shapened toes.
"Goodness!" exclaimed his new wife, "what happened to your toes?"
Embarrassed, the husband explained, "When I was in second grade, I contracted tolio."
"Don't you mean polio," she asked.
"No, I had a rare form that only attacks and disables the toes; hence, 'tolio'." the husband noted.
"Well, darling," the bride reassured, "we can work around these things, now take off your shorts."
He does, and she shakes her head and exclaims, "I know: smallcox." |
