The Gravy Ladle

There's probably no one in the world who knows you more than your parents.

After all, they conceived you and have participated intimately in your growing up years. They've changed your stinky diapers, coaxed you out of your worst tantrums, nursed you back to health from your worst fevers, and watched you slip in and out of embarrassing adolescent phases.

There may be friends and partners who might grow to understand you well, but fathers and mothers have peculiar ways of finding out what you've got up your sleeve. And they don't have to confront you either.

Here's a rather amusing story I found on the Internet?

John invited his mother over for dinner. During the meal, his mother couldn't help noticing how beautiful John's roommate, Julie, was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate 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 John and the roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, John volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Julie and I are just roommates." About a week later, Julie came to John and said, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" John said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write her a letter just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote:

Dear Mother, I'm not saying you 'did' take a gravy ladle from my house, and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, John

Several days later, John received a letter from his mother which read: Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Julie, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with Julie. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now. Love, Mom

The lesson of the day: Don't Lie To Your Mother.