My Idiot Box

A lady told her Husband to go to the store to buy cigarettes. He walks down to the store to find it closed.So he goes into a nearby bar to use the vending machine. At the bar he sees a beautiful woman n starts talking to her. They hv few beers n one thing leads to another n they end up in her apartment. Later, he wakes up n realizes its 3AM n says, "Oh no, its so late, my wife's going to get really angr...y. Have you got any talcum powder?" She gives him some powder. He rubs it on his hands n leaves. At the door, angry wife "Where the hell hv u been?" "Well, honey, I went to the store like you asked, but they were closed. So I went to the bar to use the vending machine. I saw this great lukin girl there n we hd a few drinks n one thing led to another n I ended up in bed with her." "Oh yeah? Lemme c ur hands!" She sees his hands are covered with powder . "You God damn liar! You were playing pool again!" Moral of the st...

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