The Dangerously Honest Wife
A husband and wife were driving home when suddenly a police car pulled them over. The officer signaled for them to stop, and the husband parked on the side of the road.
The officer walked up and said:
“Sir, the speed limit here is 60 km/h. Do you realize you were going 75?”
The husband immediately protested:
“No, officer! I was going exactly 60 km/h.”
His wife, sitting beside him, casually added:
“You were going 80.”
The officer raised an eyebrow.
“80? Alright then, I’ll write you up for speeding.”
The husband clenched his jaw but stayed quiet.
The officer then walked around the car and said:
“And it looks like your right headlight is broken. Has it been like that for a while?”
The husband quickly replied:
“No, no, it just happened! I hit a rock on the road and it cracked.”
His wife chimed in again:
“That’s not true. It’s been broken since the beginning of the year. I’ve told him many times to fix it, but he never does.”
The officer nodded and added another violation.
Now visibly irritated, the husband snapped:
“Would you please just keep quiet for a few minutes?!”
The officer frowned and turned to the wife:
“Does your husband usually speak to you like that?”
The wife quickly tried to defend him:
“Oh no, not at all… only when he’s drunk. Otherwise, he’s very kind and sweet.”
The officer calmly wrote down another charge:
Driving under the influence.
