Sunday 27 February 2011

A mother's cunning

Simple But Brilliant

Peter invited his mother for dinner and during the course of the meal she couldn't help but notice how lovely Peter's flat mate, Joanne, was.

She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this only made her more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Peter and his flat mate than met the eye.

Reading his mum's thoughts, Peter volunteered, 'I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Joanne & I are just flat mates'.

About a week later, Joanne came to Peter saying, 'Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the frying pan, you don't suppose she took it do you?

'Well I doubt it, but I'll e-mail her just to be sure' said Peter.

So he sat down and wrote


DEAR MOTHER,

I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU 'DID' TAKE THE FRYING PAN FROM MY HOUSE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU 'DID NOT' TAKE THE FRYING PAN BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT IT HAS BEEN MISSING EVER SINCE YOU WERE HERE FOR DINNER.

LOVE PETER

Several days later, Peter received an email from his mother which read

DEAR SON,

I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU 'DO' SLEEP WITH JOANNE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU 'DO NOT' SLEEP WITH JOANNE, BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT IF SHE WAS SLEEPING IN HER OWN BED, SHE WOULD HAVE FOUND THE FRYING PAN BY NOW.

LOVE MUM
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14 comments:

Expat mum said...

Aaaarrrggghhh! Brilliant! How clever.
I'm awarding you the "You Must Go and Read This" award.

Carolyn Trafford Art said...

That's fantastic - we had a real chuckle.

l'optimiste said...

hahahaha!!!

Unknown said...

This one had me lolling! When we went away for a weekend camping last year, Jordan had some friends round - and swore none had stayed over. Of course I know exactly where the spare duvet and pillows are and how they are folded up!

Iota said...

Hilarious!!

Bragger said...

Thank you for a lovely chuckle to end my weekend! Hope you are doing well.

MommyHeadache said...

That is so brilliant!!! you really made me giggle.

Not From Lapland said...

Genius!

Gberger said...

Love this story!

Bernie said...

This is so funny....:-)Hugs

Renie Burghardt said...

Hahahahahaha!!! Touche!

Hugs, Jo!

Nota Bene said...

lol...cunning eh?

Anonymous said...

So funny!

Gill - That British Woman said...

what a great joke.........

Gill in Canada