Sometimes the best comedy comes from everyday situations with an unexpected twist. This classic story begins with a man enjoying some quiet time at his local country club. He might have been reading the paper or chatting with friends when a phone began to ring persistently on a nearby table. When it became clear no one was going to answer it, he finally picked it up.
The woman on the other end immediately assumed he was her husband, calling him honey and asking if he was at the club. The man decided to play along with the case of mistaken identity. What followed was one of the most brilliantly escalating series of requests ever heard. First, she asked about buying a beautiful mink coat she had seen for fifteen hundred dollars.
The man generously told her to go ahead and buy it if she loved it. Then she moved on to something bigger, mentioning she had visited the Mercedes dealership and found a new model she adored. She said she had worked out a great deal for sixty thousand dollars and wanted to trade in last year’s car. The man agreed again, only requesting she ensure it had all the features.
Just when he thought she was finished, she hit him with her biggest question yet. She had found their dream beachfront property that they had looked at the previous year. The house had a pool, beautiful gardens, and private parkland on a full acre. The price was four hundred and fifty thousand, which she said they could afford. The man even negotiated, suggesting an offer of four hundred and twenty thousand.
She was thrilled and ended the call with affectionate words, which he returned. The entire club lounge had been listening to his polite and generous responses to these enormous financial requests. After hanging up, he revealed the genius punchline by holding up the phone and asking whose it was. He had been talking to a complete stranger the entire time, making this one of the funniest wrong number stories ever told.
Just when he thought she was finished, she hit him with her biggest question yet. She had found their dream beachfront property that they had looked at the previous year. The house had a pool, beautiful gardens, and private parkland on a full acre. The price was four hundred and fifty thousand, which she said they could afford. The man even negotiated, suggesting an offer of four hundred and twenty thousand.
She was thrilled and ended the call with affectionate words, which he returned. The entire club lounge had been listening to his polite and generous responses to these enormous financial requests. After hanging up, he revealed the genius punchline by holding up the phone and asking whose it was. He had been talking to a complete stranger the entire time, making this one of the funniest wrong number stories ever told.
