XXX - VOTED BEST SHORT JOKE

Heard before still good ...

For his birthday, little Patrick asked for a 10-speed bicycle. His
father said, "Son, we'd give you one, but the mortgage on this house
is $280,000,and your mother just lost her job. There's no way we can
afford it."

The next day the father saw little Patrick
heading out the front door with a suitcase. So he asked, "Son, where
are you going?"

Little Patrick told him, "I was walking past your room last night and
heardyou telling Mom you were pulling out. Then I heard her telling
you to wait because she was coming too. And I'll be damned if I'm
staying here by myself with a $280,000 mortgage and no bike!"