Waiting next to the check-out line
at the grocery store, he saw an

employee marking down the price
of boxes of Godiva chocolates on

the day after Valentine’s day. “See,
dear,” he called to his wife standing

in the check-out line, “if I had wait-
ed till today, I could have bought

you two boxes of chocolates. I’m
guessing a dozen red roses are half

off, too.” Silence.