A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving >> each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the >> next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early >> morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the >> silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at >> 5:00 AM." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, >> the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his >> flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened >> him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is >> 5:00 AM. Wake up." Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.