When Bill and Hillary first got married, Bill said, “I am putting a box under the bed. You must promise never to look in it.”
In all their years of marriage, Hillary never looked. However, on a recent afternoon, curiosity got the best of her so she lifted the lid and peeked inside. In the box were 3 empty beer cans and $1,874.25 in cash. She closed the box and put it back under the bed. Now that she knew what was in the box, she was doubly curious as to why.
That evening at dinner Hillary could no longer contain her curiosity and she confessed saying, “I am so sorry. For all these years I kept my promise and never looked into the box under our bed. However, today the temptation was too much, and I gave in. Now, though, I just have to know, why do you keep empty cans in that box?”
Bill thought for a while and said, “I guess after all these years you deserve to know the truth. Whenever I was unfaithful to you I put an empty beer can in the box under the bed to remind myself not to do it again.”
Hillary said, “I am very disappointed and saddened, but I guess after all those years away from home on the road, temptation does happen and I suppose 3 times is not that bad considering how many years we’ve been married.”
They hugged and made their peace. A little while later Hillary asked Bill, “Why do you have all that money in the box?”
Bill answered, “Whenever the box got full, I cashed in the empties.