A married man had a one night stand and made the woman pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money if she would move away and secretly have the child. If she would raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18.

She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discreet, he told her to simply mail him a post card, and write "Spaghetti" on the back. He would then arrange for child support payments to begin.

One day, about eight months later, the husband came home to his confused wife. "Honey," she said, "you received a very strange post card today."

"Oh, just give it to me, and I'll explain it later," he said.  The wife obeyed, and watched as her husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.

On the card was written: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two with meatballs, one without.