[CBFF] Lie Detector

[Tom Shannon]

http://www.uti.com/~thekeep/joke.html 
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John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual 
gimmick. His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to 
change. One day John came home with another one of his unusual 
purchases. It was a robot that John claimed was actually a lie detector.

It was about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old son, 
returned home from school. Tommy was over 2 hours late.

'Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?' asked 
John.

'Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit project,' 
said Tommy.

The robot then walked around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him 
completely out of his chair.

'Son,' said John, 'this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you 
really were after school.'

'We went to Bobby's house and watched a movie.' said Tommy.

'What did you watch?' asked Marsha.

'The Ten Commandments.' answered Tommy.

The robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him 
off his chair once more. With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down 
and said, 'I am sorry I lied. We really watched a tape called Sex Queen.'

'I am ashamed of you son,' said John. 'When I was your age, I never lied 
to my parents.'

The robot then walked around to John and delivered a whack that nearly 
knocked him out of his chair. Marsha doubled over in laughter, almost in 
tears and said, 'Boy, did you ever ask for that one! You can't be too 
mad with Tommy. After all, he is your son!'

With that the robot immediately walked around to Marsha and knocked her 
out of her chair.


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