When a protective mother sent her three traditional daughters off on their respective honeymoons, she demanded a secret, brand-name code to report back on their new marital bliss.
An anxious mother had three daughters all getting married within weeks of each other. Worried about how they would adjust to the intimate side of marriage, she made them promise a strict rule: send a postcard from their honeymoons using a famous slogan to let her know how things were going.
A few days after the first wedding, a postcard arrived from Hawaii. It simply read: “Maxwell House.”
Puzzled, the mother ran to the kitchen and read the label on her coffee jar: “Good to the last drop.” She blushed but was thoroughly pleased.
The second daughter went to California and sent her card a week later. It read: “Benson & Hedges.”
The mother immediately checked her husband’s cigarette pack and read the description: “Extra Long, King Size.” She was slightly embarrassed but happy for her daughter.
Then came the youngest daughter, who jetted off to the Caribbean. One week passed—silence. Two weeks—nothing. Finally, after a grueling month, a postcard arrived with the message written in visibly shaky, exhausted handwriting. It read: “British Airways.”
Fearing the absolute worst, the mother frantically tore through a stack of travel magazines until she finally spotted a full-page advertisement for the airline.
The slogan read:
“Three times a day, seven days a week, both ways.”
