a young jounalist is asked to do an article on marriage and if it can work. He could find many examples of marriges failing or being generally bad but was struggling to find an example of a perfect marriage. Eventually he is told of an 90 year old couple who had been married for 70 years and had never had an argument in all that time. Amazed, he sets off to interview them.
He arrives at their house and the door is answered by said 90 year old man.
"can I interview you and your wife about your marriage?" he asked
"sure, but my wife isn't here at the moment" the old man replied.
"great. Is it true that you have never had an argument" the old man nods
"That's amazing" said the journalist "what's your secret?"
"Well" said the old man "I guess it all began on our honeymoon. We went to the Grand Canyon and took a donjey ride to the bottom. The going was rough and part way down my wifes donkey stumbled. She leant forward and very softly whispered in the donkeys ear "that's once". Further on down the slope, our donkeys clearly getting tired, hers stumbled again. Again she leant forward and whispered in the donleys ear "that's twice". As we neared the bottom her donkey stumbled for a third time. My wife dismounted, pulled a gun from her bag, and shot the donkey in the head. "That's three times" she snapped. "Darling" I said to her "don't you think that was a little harsh?".
"That's once!" she replied...
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