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Show Restaurateur Believed Himself Well Supplied The couple had enjoyed a meal in the restaurant. When the bill was presented the husband was horrified to discover he had come out without money. Calling the proprietor, he explained ex-plained the situation, ending up with: "It won't take me long to slip home, and my wife will remain here as security." "Pardon me," said the proprietor, propri-etor, "but haven't you anything else?" "Sir," snapped the customer angrily, an-grily, "are you insinuating that my wife is not worth the $1.50?" "Not at all," the proprietor protested, pro-tested, "but I already have a wife!" |