A little boy wakes up in the middle of the night, needing a bathroom very badly. He runs downstairs to where his mother is having tea with her friends. “Mommy, Mommy!” he yells. “I gotta pee, I gotta pee!” His mother is very embarrassed, but takes him to the bathroom; as she takes him back to bed, she says, “Now son, that wasn’t very polite. Next time, whisper instead, please.” The boy obliges as he goes to sleep.
The next night, the boy wakes up needing the bathroom very badly again. He runs downstairs to where his mother is chatting with her friends. “Mommy, Mommy!” he yells. “I gotta whisper, I gotta whisper!” His mother is amused by the misunderstanding, but doesn’t bother to correct him; as she leads him back to bed, she says, “That was very good of you, son.”
The next night, the boy wakes up needing the bathroom very badly again. He runs downstairs to where his father is reading the newspaper. “Daddy, Daddy!” he yells. “I gotta whisper, I gotta whisper!” His father replies, “Well, go ahead, son and whisper right in Daddy’s ear.”