THE SILENT TREATMENT

> >> Mike and Joan were having some problems at home> and were giving > >>each other > >> the "silent treatment." But then Mike realized> that he would need > >>his wife > >> to wake him at 5:00 am for an early morning> drive with some pals > >>to a golf > >> match. Not wanting to be the first to break the> silence (and so > >>lose the > >> "war"), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please> wake me at 5:00 > >>am." > >> > >> The next morning, Mike woke up, only to discover> it was 9:00 am > >>and that > >>his > >> friends would have left for the golf course> without him. Furious, > >>he was > >> about to go and see why his wife hadn't awakened> him when he > >>noticed a > >>piece > >> of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00> am. Wake up." > >> > >> Men simply are not equipped for these kinds of> contests.