Martin took his ailing wife to a doctor friend’s clinic in a critical condition. The good doctor immediately admitted her in an emergency ward and asked Martin to wait outside. Forty minutes later, when Martin was getting really impatient, the doctor came out, put his hand on Martin’s shoulder and said kindly:
“Martin, I am really sorry. Your wife will survive for twenty four hours. I did my best.”
Martin (cheerfully): “Relax doctor, I survived this marriage for twenty four years.
What are twenty four hours more?”