She was tired of losing her evenings to a bar. When her husband finally took her along, she expected to discover what kept drawing him away from home and ordered exactly what he was drinking. But one bitter sip turned her frustration into disgust, giving him the perfect opening for a comeback that she definitely did not see com…

An angry wife had been complaining that her husband spent all his free time at the bar. One night, he brought her with him, giving her a chance to experience his usual evening firsthand. “What’ll you have?” he asked. Unsure what to order, she decided to follow his lead. “Oh, I don’t know. The same as you, I suppose.” He ordered two Jack Daniel’s, then knocked back his drink in one shot while she watched.

When she lifted her own glass, however, the experiment ended almost immediately. A single sip was enough to make her spit it out. “Yuck, that’s TERRIBLE!” she spluttered. “I don’t know how you can drink this stuff!” Her husband seized his opportunity. “Well, there you go,” he cried. “And you think I’m out enjoying myself every night!” It was hardly a convincing defense of his evenings away, but he certainly wasn’t going to waste the opening.