My Luck

A husband and wife were celebrating their 50th anniversary, and their three successful children all agreed to join them for a special Sunday dinner.

"Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!" gushed their oldest son, a surgeon. "Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the hospital and didn’t have time to get you a gift."

"Don't worry," the father replied, "the important thing is that we're all together today."

Their second son, a lawyer, arrived next and said, "You and Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions, so I didn't have time to shop for a gift."

"It's nothing," the father said. "We're just glad you could make it."

Finally, their daughter, a marketing executive, walked in. "Hello, and Happy Anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town, and I was really busy packing, so I didn’t have time to get you anything."

After they finished dessert, the father cleared his throat and said, "There’s something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You see, we were very poor. But despite that, we managed to send each of you to college. Throughout the years, we knew we loved each other deeply, but we just never found the time to get married."

The three children gasped and exclaimed, "You mean we're bastards?"

"Yep," the father replied with a grin, "and cheap ones too!"