A COUPLE THAT HAD BEEN MARRIED OVER 60 YEARS WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THE REPORTER ASKED THE WIFE, "TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE SUCH A LONG AND OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE?"; THE WIFE REPLIED, "WE WENT TO THE GRAND CANYON ON OUR HONEYMOON AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS GO ON A MULE RIDE DOWN INTO THE CANYON. WE WEREN'T MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE WAY DOWN WHEN MY HUSBAND'S MULE SLIPPED AND ALMOST FELL OFF THE EDGE INTO THE DEEP CHASM BELOW. MY HUSBAND CALMLY GOT DOWN OFF HIS MULE, STOOD IN FRONT OF IT, AND POINTING HIS FINGER AT IT SAID, "THAT'S ONCE." HE GOT BACK ON HIS MULE AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN, HIS MULE SLIPPED AGAIN AND ALMOST HAD THEM PLUMMETING INTO THE CHASM. MY HUSBAND GOT OFF HIS MULE, WALKED AROUND IN FRONT OF IT, PULLED OUT A PISTOL AND SHOT IT DEAD RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES! I EXCLAIMED, "WHY FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE DID YOU DO THAT?!?" HE TURNED AND POINTED HIS FINGER AT ME AND SAID, "THAT'S ONCE."
