PPD VII
>A married couple is driving along a highway doing a steady forty miles
>an hour The husband is behind the wheel.
>
>
>
>His wife suddenly looks across at him and speaks in a clear voice. "I
>
>know we've been married for twenty years, but now I want a divorce."
>
>
>
>The husband says nothing, keeps looking at the road ahead, but slowly
>
>increases his speed to forty-five mph.
>
>
>
>The wife speaks again... "I don't want you to try and talk me out of
>
>it,." she says, "because I've been having an affair with your best
>
>friend, and he's a far better lover than you are."
>
>
>
>Again, the husband stays quiet, but grips the steering wheel more
>
>tightly and s-l-o-w-l-y increases the speed to fifty-five mph.
>
>
>
>She pushes her luck. "I want the house," she says insistently.
>
>
>
>Up to sixty mph.
>
>
>
>"I want the car, too," she continues.
>
>
>
>Sixty-five mph.
>
>
>
>"And," she says, "I'll have the bank accounts, all the credit cards,
>
>and the boat."
>
>
>
>The car slowly starts veering towards a massive concrete bridge.
>
>
>
>This makes her nervous, so she asks him, "Isn't there anything you
>
>want?"
>
>
>
>The husband at last replies, in a quiet and controlled voice, "No, I've
>
>got everything I need."
>
>
>
>"Oh! , really ," she inquires, "so just what have you got?"
>
>
>
>Just before they slam into the bridge at sixty-five mph, the husband
>
>turns to her and smiles. "The airbag."
>an hour The husband is behind the wheel.
>
>
>
>His wife suddenly looks across at him and speaks in a clear voice. "I
>
>know we've been married for twenty years, but now I want a divorce."
>
>
>
>The husband says nothing, keeps looking at the road ahead, but slowly
>
>increases his speed to forty-five mph.
>
>
>
>The wife speaks again... "I don't want you to try and talk me out of
>
>it,." she says, "because I've been having an affair with your best
>
>friend, and he's a far better lover than you are."
>
>
>
>Again, the husband stays quiet, but grips the steering wheel more
>
>tightly and s-l-o-w-l-y increases the speed to fifty-five mph.
>
>
>
>She pushes her luck. "I want the house," she says insistently.
>
>
>
>Up to sixty mph.
>
>
>
>"I want the car, too," she continues.
>
>
>
>Sixty-five mph.
>
>
>
>"And," she says, "I'll have the bank accounts, all the credit cards,
>
>and the boat."
>
>
>
>The car slowly starts veering towards a massive concrete bridge.
>
>
>
>This makes her nervous, so she asks him, "Isn't there anything you
>
>want?"
>
>
>
>The husband at last replies, in a quiet and controlled voice, "No, I've
>
>got everything I need."
>
>
>
>"Oh! , really ," she inquires, "so just what have you got?"
>
>
>
>Just before they slam into the bridge at sixty-five mph, the husband
>
>turns to her and smiles. "The airbag."




