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To: Roads End who wrote (371154)	7/11/2008 11:32:05 AM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Lie Detector > > John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual > gimmick. His wife Marsha has long ago given up trying to get him to > change. > > > > One day, John came home about noon and told Marsha that he had gone to > a nearby city and purchased a Robot. It was no ordinary robot, but it > was in fact a Lie Detector. He said it had to charge 4 or 5 hours, and > then he would show her how it worked. > > > > At 5:30 that afternoon, Tommy, their 12 year old son, came in from > school, nearly 2 hours and 15 minutes late. Both parents were > understandably angry. > > > > 'Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?', > they asked. > > > > 'Oh a bunch 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, this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you went after > school.' > > > > 'Uh, we went to Bobby's house and watched a movie.' > > > > 'What did you watch?', asked Marsha. > > > > 'The Ten Commandments.' > > > > The Robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him > off his chair. > > > > With lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, 'I am sorry I > lied. We really watched a tape called Sex Queen.' > > > > 'I'm ashamed of you Son,' said John. 'You know, when I was your age, I > never lied to my parents, never tried to see dirty pictures much less > dirty movies, told dirty jokes, nor did I misbehave.' > > > > The robot walked around to John and delivered a blow that not only > knocked him out of his chair, but out the back door and half way across > the patio. > > > > When he came back inside, Marsha was bent double laughing, almost in > tears. 'Boy, did you ever ask for that one! And you know, you can't > be too mad at Tommy---after all, He is your son!' > > > The Robot immediately walked around to Marsha, and literally slapped > the crap out of her. >