Tim Worstall

It is all obvious or trivial except…

 

 

A tale from the shires

January 12th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Related by one of my co-workers.

Wealthy, fiftyish man, trophy wife, shags about. She decides that she’s not going to put up with it.

Leaves a note. "If I’m not enough for you, I’m leaving. We’ll deal with lawyers later. Oh, BTW, I’ve left your dinner in the oven on a low heat."

Hmm, he thinks. Even at this sort of time she’s still thinking about me. He opens the oven on a low heat to find…

 

 

….a ham salad.

 

Tags: Sex

8 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Winston // Jan 12, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    If she couldn’t cook he’s well rid of her.

  • 2 dearieme // Jan 12, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    But if she’s gone, he’s going to put the rabbit food in the bin anyway.

  • 3 Eva // Jan 12, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    This is a very strange story – is something (an ingredient perhaps) missing?

  • 4 Agammamon // Jan 12, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    meat + low heat = culture medium and incubator.

    I think the idea is that she’s trying to give him a bad case of food poisoning.

  • 5 Fred Z // Jan 13, 2009 at 2:35 am

    This must be an English joke because I haven’t the faintest. It is so inscrutable it ought be in Punch.

  • 6 MarkS // Jan 13, 2009 at 9:47 am

    Ham salad! What sort of provender is that for a hard-working chap. The woman ought to be ashamed of herself. Grounds for divorce in my view!

  • 7 r // Jan 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Tim? What the hell r u talking about?

  • 8 em butler // Jan 13, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    a ham salad on extended low heat,can kill

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