They were having quite a bit of trouble with mice, so one evening before going to bed they set a couple of mouse traps, one by the bin of apples and one by the bin of nuts.
During the night they heard a trap snap. The old gentleman got up to see which mouse trap had caught a mouse.
On returning to bed his wife asked, "Well did we catch him by the apples?"
The old gentleman replied,
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