For several years, a wealthy businessman was having an affair with an
Italian woman.

One night, she confined in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin
his reputation or his marriage, he said he would pay her a large sum of
money if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child.

If she stayed in Italy to 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 postcard and write
'spaghetti' on the back. He would then arrange for child support payments
to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife "Honey:,
she said, "you received a very strange postcard from Italy 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, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Three with
meatballs, two without. send extra sauce.'