Before It Starts

A man comes home from an exhausting day at work,
plops down on the couch in front of the television,
and tells his wife, “Get me a beer before it starts!”

The wife sighs and gets him a beer.
 

Ten minutes later, he says, “Get me another beer
before it starts!”
 

She looks across, but fetches another beer and
slams it down next to him. He finishes that beer
and a few minutes later says, “Quick, get me another
beer, it’s going to start any minute!”
 

The wife is furious. She yells at him “Is that all
you’re going to do tonight! Drink beer and sit in
front of that TV! You’re nothing but a lazy, drunken,
fat slob, and furthermore…”
 

The man sighs and says, “It’s started…”