We were dressed and ready to go out for a Dinner & Theatre evening.

We turned on a 'night light', turned the answering machine on, covered our
pet budgie and put the cat in the back garden.

We phoned the local Taxi company and requested a taxi.

The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house.

As we walked out the door, the cat we had put out in the yard scooted back
into the house.
We didn't want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to get at
the budgie.

My wife walked on out to the taxi, while I went back inside to get the cat.
The cat ran upstairs, with me in hot pursuit.

Waiting in the cab, my wife didn't want the driver to know that the house
will be empty for the night.
So, she explained to the taxi driver that I would be out soon. "He's just
going upstairs to say Goodbye to my mother."

A few minutes later, I got into the cab. "Sorry I took so long," I said, as
we drove away. "That stupid b**ch was hiding under the bed. I had to poke
her a*se with a coat hanger to get her to come out!
She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her
in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked! I hauled her fat
ar*e downstairs and threw her out into the back garden!
..............She'd better not crap in the vegetable garden again!"

The silence in the Taxi was deafening.