The director
of the CIA has to test three new agents, a 25-year-old, a 35-year-old,
and a 45-year-old.
He puts each
of their wives in a different room.
He hands
the 25-year-old a gun and says, "Go into the room and kill your wife."
The 25-year-old
says, "I can't do it. I love her too much."
The director
hands the gun to the 35-year-old and says, "Go into the room and kill your
wife."
The 35-year-old
goes into the room, comes out after five minutes, and says, "I can't do
it."
The director
hands the gun to the 45-year-old and says, "Go into the room and kill your
wife."
The 45-year-old
goes into the room. Three shots ring out, and then there's the sound of
scuffling and fighting.
The director
runs into the room and sees the wife dead on the floor.
He says,
"What happened?"
The 45-year-old
says, "Some asshole put blanks in the gun, so I had to choke her to death."