The Costume Party  
 
 A couple was invited to a swanky Masquerade party. The
 woman got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party
 alone. He, being the devoted husband, protested. But she urged him to
 go. She was going to take some aspirin and go to bed. There was no
 need to spoil his good time. So he took his costume and away he went.
 
 the wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without the
 headache. As it was still early, she decided to go to the party too.
 In as much as her husband did not know what her costume was, she
 thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he
 acted when she was not with him.
 
 She joined the party and soon saw her husband cavorting around on the
 dance floor, dancing with every nice chick he could, and copping a
 little feel here and a little kiss there. His wife sidled up to him
 and being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his partner high
 and dry to devote his time to the new stuff" that had just arrived.
 
 She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her
 husband. Finally, he whispered a little proposition in her ear and
 she agreed, so off they went to one of the cars and had a little
 "tumble". Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped a way and
 went home. She put her costume away and went into bed, wondering what
 kind of explanation he would make for his behavior.
 She was sitting up reading when he came in and asked what kind of time
 he had. He said, "Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good
 time when you're not there."
 
 Then she asked, "Did you dance much?"
 
 He replied, "I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met
 Pete, Bill and some other guys. We went into
 the den and played poker all night. But I'll tell you, the guy I lent
 my costume to sure had a good time