There was an expectant
father who had spent quite some time waiting for the offspring to arrive -
at his in-laws' place.
As his leave balance had gone into the red,
he tells his father-in-law, "When my son comes, do not call up my
office and say that I have become a father of a boy because I'll have to
shell out a lot for parties. Just leave me a message that the clock has
arrived. This will be our code for the arrival of the baby."
The
offspring does finally arrive one day, but it's a daughter. The
father-in-law now thinks to himself, "If I tell him that the clock has
not arrived, he'll misunderstand and think that something has happened to
the baby and come rushing over."
So the father-in-law left the
following message: "The clock has arrived, but the pendulum is
missing."
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