Subject: fw : box under the bed - - - - - original message - - - - - from : carol covington sent : monday , december 11 , 2000 12 : 46 pm to : betty carroll ; david heineke ; george hurst ; glenn stamps ; jim wallis ; ricky stewart ; tammy kelley ; ' cacklecc @ aol . com ' subject : fw : box under the bed - - - - - original message - - - - - from : julie wright [ smtp : julie @ rpcga . com ] sent : monday , december 11 , 2000 12 : 40 pm to : candy grant ; carol covington ; faye click ; jim love subject : box under the bed subject : box under the bed > box under the bed > > when bill and hillary first got married bill said , " i am putting a box under > the bed . you must promise never to look in it . " in all their 30 years of > marriage hillary never looked . > > however , on the afternoon of their 30 th anniversary , curiosity got the best > of her and she lifted the lid and peeked inside . in the box were 3 empty > beer cans and $ 81 , 874 . 25 in cash . > > she closed the box and put it back under the bed . now that she knew what > was in the box , she was doubly curious as to why . that evening they were out > for a special dinner . after dinner hillary could no longer contain her > curiosity and she confessed , saying , " i am so sorry . for all these years i > kept my promise and never looked into the box under our bed . however , > today the temptation was too much and i gave in . but now i need to know , > why do you keep the cans in the box ? " > > bill thought for a while and said , " i guess after all these years you > deserve to know the truth . whenever i was unfaithful to you i put an empty > beer can in the box under the bed to remind myself not to do it again . " > > hillary was shocked , but said , " hmmm , jennifer , paula and monica . i am > very disappointed and saddened but temptation does happen and i guess that > 3 > times is not that bad considering the years . " > > they hugged and made their peace . > > a little while later hillary asked bill , " so why do you have all that money > in the box ? " > > bill answered , " well , whenever the box filled up with empty cans , i took > them to the recycling center and redeemed them for cash . "