[RocketsNW] A rocketeer, a chemist, and a bioligist...

[Doug Stuivenga]

A rocketeer, a chemist, and a biologist get together for a few drinks,
and get to talking about life, the Universe, and everything. Eventually
the conversation turns to relationships, and what the ideal way to
arrange relationships between the sexes would be.
 
The biologist says "Well, as a believer in evolution, I feel that every
person should sleep with as many other people as possible, in order to
provide the greatest range of potential diversity for natural selection
to work on." 

The chemist says, "No, no, no- that's all wrong. There are some bonds
that are just too strong to break, and the marriage bond is one of
those. Everyone should be strictly monogamous." 

They both turn to the rocketeer, who says, "Well, I think I'd sort of
split the difference between those. I think every man should have one
wife, and one mistress, and furthermore, each should be aware of the
other." 

The other two are absolutely boggled. "Why in the world would you want
that?," they ask.
 
"Well," he says, "That way, if I wasn't with my wife, she would assume I
was with my mistress. And if I wasn't with my mistress, she would assume
I was with my wife. then I could go in the lab and get some rocket work
done." 

 (I've long forgotten the source for this but it's not mine.)

-DS