[pam]

Coming back from leave, a Marine pulls into a little town near his base and starts looking for a place to stay for the night. Every motel room is taken, and by the time he gets to the last place in town, he pleads with the desk clerk, "You've got to have a room somewhere. Or just a bed, I don't care where."

"Well, I do have a double room with one occupant -- a Navy guy," the clerk says. "He might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained the past couple of nights. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."

"No problem," the tired Marine assures him. "I'll take it."

The next morning the Marine comes down to breakfast bright-eyed and well-rested.

"How'd you sleep?" asks the manager.

"Never better."

"No problem with the other guy snoring, then?" the manager asks.

"Nope, I shut him up in no time" says the Marine.

"How'd you manage that?"

"He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room," the Marine explains. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and said, 'Good night, beautiful.' He sat up all night watching me."