Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Mike Pound: Husband, wife defy statistics, work well together The only time my wife and I even remotely came close to arguing Sunday was when she asked me to help her move a tree limb.
“It will only take five minutes,” is what my wife said. I think I speak for roughly 100 percent of all veteran husbands out there when I say that “five minutes” to a wife is equal to one hour, minimum. The problem, at least with my wife, is that when she says it will “only take five minutes” to move a tree limb, she is technically correct. However, what she doesn’t say is that the tree limb she wants me to move is not the limb that will take only five minutes. She also doesn’t tell me that there are at least 10 other limbs she wants me to help her move. And none of those limbs are the limbs that will take only five minutes. But I did it anyway. And I didn’t argue. When the last tree limb had been moved and hauled to the brush pile in our back yard, I told my wife I was done for the day. I told my wife I was going inside to have a beer and take a shower. And I walked away. And as I walked, I started singing “Happy Trails.” 
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