Idealogian

Love is Lovelier the Second Third Fourth Time Around

[Gathering in a conference room]

M: Is W coming to this meeting?

O: W's out today. I think he's on vacation.

B: W is out getting married this week.

M: Didn't he get married already?

B: This is his third wedding.

M: W's been married three times?

B: To the same girl. Third out of four.

O: Huh?

B: The first was in a courthouse. Second was in a mosque. This week he's going back to Malaysia for a big ceremony with his family and friends. And in May he's having a wedding reception in New York.

[pause]

O: Do you think he's doing it for the extra presents or for the extra weeks of vacation?