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Nine Months Later. Jack went on a ski trip with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack's car and headed north. After driving a few hours they got caught in a terrible blizzard, so they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night. "I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house."
"Don't worry," Jack said, "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light." The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had cleared. They went on their way and enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. But about nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took a while, but he figured out that it was from the lawyer of the attractive widow they'd met on the ski trip. He dropped in on his friend and asked, "Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski trip up north about nine months ago?" "Yes, I do," said Bob. "Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night and go up to the house to pay her a visit?" "Well, um, yes," Bob said, a little embarrassed, "I have to admit that I did." "And did you happen to give her my name instead of telling her your name?" Bob's face turned beet red and he said, "Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?" Jack smiled and said, "She just died and left me everything." |
