A young couple was invited to a swanky masked Halloween party. The wife came

down with a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party and have

a good time. Being the devoted husband, he protested, but she argued and said

she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed. She told him there was no

need for him to miss the fun. So he took his costume and away he went.

The wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without pain, and as

it was still early, she decided to go to the party. Because hubby did not know

what her costume was, she thought she would have some kicks watching her

husband to see how he acted when she was not around.

She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the

dance floor. He was dancing with every nice looking woman he could, and

copping a feel here and taking a little kiss there. His wife sidled up to him,

and being a rather seductive woman herself, he left his partner high and dry

and devoted his time to the new "action".

She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her husband.

Finally he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so off

they went to one of the cars and had a little bang. Just before unmasking at

midnight, she slipped out, went home and put the costume away and got into

bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would have for his notorious

behavior.

She was sitting up reading when he came in, and she asked him what he had

done.

He said, "Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when

you're not there."

Then she asked, "Did you dance much?" He replied, "I'll tell you, I never even

danced one dance. When I got to the party, I met Pete, Bill and some other

guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening.

But I'll tell you... the guy that I loaned my costume to sure had one hell of