Put The Cat Out
A couple were going out for the evening. They finished getting ready and decided to put the cat out for the night.
The taxi arrives, and as the couple went out the front door, the cat ran back in. The wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes upstairs to chase the cat out of the house.
The wife, not wanting it known that the house will be empty explains to the taxi driver “He’s just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother.”
A few minutes later, the husband climbed into the cab. “Sorry I took so long” he said, “Stupid old thing was hiding under the bed and I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out.”