The Harrison family\u2019s butler, Alfred, had one serious weakness: he loved listening to private family conversations.<\/p>\n
Whenever anyone whispered, Alfred would abandon the kitchen and quietly appear behind a curtain, holding an empty serving tray and pretending to dust it.<\/p>\n
One evening, Mrs. Harrison whispered to her husband, \u201cI think our daughter is secretly engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alfred became so interested that he forgot the soup. It boiled over.<\/p>\n
Then their son whispered, \u201cDad may be losing his job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alfred forgot the roast, and it burned completely.<\/p>\n
Finally, Grandpa whispered, \u201cI\u2019ve hidden my savings somewhere inside this house.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alfred became so excited that he forgot the apple pie, which turned black in the oven.<\/p>\n
At dinner, the family stared at the watery soup, burned roast, and smoking pie.<\/p>\n
Mr. Harrison asked angrily, \u201cAlfred, what exactly have you been cooking all evening?\u201d<\/p>\n
Alfred bowed politely and replied:<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing worth eating, sir\u2014but I\u2019ve prepared enough family gossip to serve for three generations!\u201d\ud83d\ude02<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Harrison family\u2019s butler, Alfred, had one serious weakness: he loved listening to private family conversations. Whenever anyone whispered, Alfred would abandon the kitchen and quietly appear behind a curtain, holding an empty serving tray and pretending to dust it. One evening, Mrs. Harrison whispered to her husband, \u201cI think our daughter is secretly engaged.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funny"],"yoast_head":"\n