Planning Ahead

A man met a beautiful young woman in a bar. They got along well, shared dinner, and had a marvelous evening. When he left her, he told her that he had really enjoyed their time together, and hoped to see her again, soon. Smiling yes, she gave him her phone number.

The next day, he called her up and asked her to go dancing. She agreed. As they talked, he jokingly asked her what her favorite flower was. Realizing his intentions, she told him that he shouldn’t bring her flowers—if he wanted to bring her a gift, well, he should bring her a Swiss Army knife!

Surprised, and not a little intrigued, he spent a large part of the afternoon finding a particularly unusual one. Arriving at her apartment he immediately presented her with the knife. She ooohed and ahhhed over it for a minute, and then carefully placed it in a drawer, that the man couldn’t help but see was full of Swiss Army knives.

Surprised, he asked her why she had collected so many.

“Well, I’m young and attractive now”, blushed the woman, “but that won’t always be true. And boy scouts will do anything for a Swiss Army knife!”