Loyal To A Fault
IllustrationStory★★★Sometimes a friend’s loyalty can get you in trouble. A man named Jack was late coming home and his wife had become quite worried, so she called a few of his lodge brothers, leaving messages on their phone machine saying, “Jack hasn’t come home tonight. I was wondering if he is spending the night with you?” Soon afterward the husband arrived home, and before long the calls started rolling in: Each lodge brother called to say, “Yes, Mrs. Smith, Jack is spending the night with me.”
The point
A man's wife calls his lodge brothers looking for him, and each one claims he's spending the night with them, illustrating how loyalty can create unintended complications.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Ironic
To tell aloud
under a minute · 86 words