A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment.

One night, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00am the next morning for an early flight to Sydney. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence, he finally left her a note on her pillow: “Please wake me at 5:00 am”.

The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it was after 9, and that he had missed his flight.

Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn’t woken him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. He picked it up, only to read: “It is 5:00 am. Wake up!”