A man and his wife were having problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Knowing he needed his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early business flight, he wrote a note saying, “Please wake me at 5:00 AM,” and left it where she would find it, determined not to be the first to break the silence. The next morning, he woke up to find it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight.

Furious, he was about to confront his wife when he noticed another note by the bed that read, “It is 5:00 AM. Wake up.” Men are clearly not equipped for these kinds of contests.