For several years, a New York lawyer carried on an affair with his secretary..
One night, she confided in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin
his reputation or break up his marriage and also to recognise his deep regard for her feelings and the years that they had been lovers, he agreed to pay her a large sum of money to go back
to Italy , where she had been born, to secretly have the child. If she stayed in Italy to raisethe child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 21.
She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born.To keep it discreet, he told her to simply mail him a post card, and write “Spaghetti” on the back. He would then arrange for the child support payments to begin.
One day, seven 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 later,” 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, Spaghetti, Two with meatballs, two without.
Send extra sauce.”