A man and his wife are dining at a table in a plush

restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at an old

drunken lady swigging her gin as she sits alone at a

nearby table, until the wife asks, "Do you know her?"

"Yes," sighs the husband, "She's my ex-wife. She

took to drinking right after we divorced seven years

ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since."

"My Goodness!" says the wife, "Who would think a

person could go on celebrating that long?"