A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian
woman for several years. One night, during one of
their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was
pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his
marriage, he paid her a large sum of money, if she
would go to Italy to secretly have the child. If
she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would
also provide child support until the child turned 18.
She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby
was born. To keep it discrete, he told her to simply
mail him a post card and write "Spaghetti" on the back.
He would then arrange for child support payments to begin.
One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused
wife.
"Honey," she said. "You received a very strange post card today."
"Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it," he said.
The wife obeyed and watched as her husband read the card, turned
white and fainted.
On the card was written: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti.
Two with meatballs, one without."
