A very desperate man was in a marriage counselor's waiting room with his wife of 12 years in hopes of salvaging their sacred union.

The counselor invited them into his office to discuss a past action the couple had been arguing about.

The man said, "Doctor, the other night I made a Freudian slip."

The counselor said, "OK. What was it you accidentally said that subconsciously represented how you truly felt?"

The man replied, "Well, we were having dinner with my mother-in-law and I intended to say, 'Could you please pass the butter?' But instead I said, 'You silly cow - you've completely ruined my life!'"

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