“Hey, Mom,” asked Little Tom, “can you give me twenty dollars?”

“Certainly not!” answered his mother.

“If you do,” Little Tom went on, “I’ll tell you what dad said to the maid when you were at the beauty shop.”

His mother’s ears perked up and, grabbing her purse, she handed over the 20 bucks. “Well? what did he say?”

“He said, ‘Hey, Siti, make sure you iron my shirt for the meeting tomorrow.’”