Yard Work

After being thoroughly nagged by his wife, James got into his grubbiest clothes and set about doing all the chores he’d been putting off for weeks.

He’d cleaned the garage, pruned the hedge, and was halfway through mowing the lawn when a woman pulled up in the driveway and yelled out her window, “Say, how much do you get for doing yard work?”

The young man thought for a minute, then answered, “The lady who lives here lets me sleep with her.”