One afternoon, a man returned home early from work to find his wife sprawled on the bed, panting and red-faced. Startled, he rushed in. “What on earth are you doing?” he asked.
“Err… I… um… I think I’m having a heart attack!” she stammered, clutching her chest. Panicked, he grabbed the phone to call an ambulance—but just then, their young son appeared from the closet in his underwear.
“Daddy! Daddy! Uncle Joe is hiding in the closet and took my Spiderman costume!”
The husband froze, then turned to the closet. Inside, his best friend, Uncle Joe, crouched nervously, sweating and looking terrified. “I—I was playing hide and seek?” Joe muttered.
“Hide and seek… in your underwear?” the husband asked incredulously.
The wife, still feigning distress, added, “Sweetheart, don’t yell — you’ll make my heart worse!”
Later, the truth came out: Joe had only been helping install the Wi-Fi router.
A week later, the husband installed a full home security system.
From then on, every phone buzz prompted a sly warning: “Careful, dear — don’t overheat the Wi-Fi again.” Honesty, it seemed, was priceless.
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