A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian
woman for several years.

One night, during one of their rendezvous, she
confided in him that she was pregnant.

Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he
paid her a large sum of money if she would go to
Italy to secretly have the child.

If she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also
provide child support until the child turned 18.

She agreed, but asked how he would know when the
baby was born.

To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a
postcard, and write "spaghetti" on the back. He would then arrange for
child support payments to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife.
"Honey," she said, "you received a very strange post card today."

"Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it later," he said. The
wife obeyed, and watched as her husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.

On the card was written: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two with
meatballs, one without."