*3 eggplants - 50 years*

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna.

 

A newly installed Temple President and his young wife were talking about

being more considerate of each other. The mataji promised that she would

stop being so critical of his sleep-inducing classes. He, in return,

promised to honor her privacy and stop looking through her dresser

drawers.

 

The Temple President was true to his word, never looking through his wife's

dresser drawers, and the good wife was never openly critical of her

husband's Bhagavatam classes. Their marriage progressed smoothly.

 

After 50 years, their children gave a great party to celebrate the

golden anniversary of the Temple President and his wife. Many people came to

congratulate the happy couple.

 

That evening, as they were putting their anniversary gifts away, the

Temple President saw that his wife had left one dresser drawer slightly

open. He tried as hard as he could to withstand the temptation, but he

finally opened the drawer and looked inside. There he found 3 eggplants, and

$10,000, in bills of varied denominations. He was greatly puzzled by this,

and went to question his wife.

 

"Oh," she said. "Well, you remember when we spoke of being more

considerate with each other all those years ago?"

 

The Temple President, feeling profoundly guilty, answered, "Yes."

 

"Well," she continued, "I promised to stop criticizing your boring

classes, but every time you gave a class that was a real snoozer, I put

an eggplant into that drawer."

 

The Temple President smiled. "Well, that's not so bad. Fifty years of

sermons and only 3 eggplants! But what about all that money?"

 

His wife quietly responded, "Every time I got a dozen eggplants, I sold

them."

 

Hare Krishna --

 

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