> He was sitting quietly reading his paper when his wife walked up behind him and whacked him on the head with a rolled up magazine. > "Ouch!! What was that for?" he asked. > "That was for the piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Mary Lou written on it," she replied. > "Two weeks ago when I went to the races, Mary Lou was the name of one of the horses bet on," he explained. > "Oh honey, I'm so sorry," she said. "I should have known there was a good explanation." > Three days later he was watching a ball game on TV when she walked up and hit him in the head again, this time with an iron skillet, which knocked him out cold. > When he came too, he asked, "Now what was that for?" > > She replied, "Your horse called".