At school, a boy is told by a classmate that most adults
are hiding at least one dark secret, and that this makes it
very easy to blackmail them by saying, �I know the whole
truth� — even when you don’t know anything.
The boy decides to go home and try it out. As he is greeted
by his mother at the front door he says, �I know the whole
truth.� His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, �Just
don’t tell your father.�
Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home
from work, and greets him with, �I know the whole truth.�
The father promptly hands him $40 and says, �Please don’t
say a word to your mother.�
Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day,
when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets
him by saying, �I know the whole truth.� The mailman drops
the mail, opens his arms and says, �Then come give your
FATHER a big hug.�