The Cuckoo clock

>> Why females should avoid a girls night out after they are married!
>>
>> The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I
>> told my husband that I would be home by midnight , "I promise!"
>>
>> Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy.
>>
>> Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home Just as I got in the
>> door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times.
>>
>> Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed
>> another 9 times.
>>
>> I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted
>> solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with him. (Even when
>> totally smashed... 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos totals 12
>> cuckoos.....(MIDNIGHT!)
>>
>> The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, and I told him
>> "Midnight".
>>
>> He didn't seem mad at all. Whew! Got away with that one!
>>
>> Then he said, "I think we need a new cuckoo clock." When I asked
>> him why?, he said, "Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times,
>> then
>> said, "Oh. s**t!", cuckooed 4 more times, cleared it's throat,
>> cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice
>> more, and then tripped over the coffee table and farted.