A couple were celebrating 50 years together..

Their three kids,
all very successful, agreed to a
Sunday dinner in their
honor.

"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed son
number
one. 'Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the
hospital with a
patient, you know how it is, and I didn't have
time to get you a gift."

"Not to worry," said the father.
"The important
thing is that we're all together
today."

Son number two arrived and announced, "You and
Mom
look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between
depositions and
didn't have time to shop for you."

"It's
nothing," said the father. "We're glad you
were able to
come."

Just then the daughter arrived. "Hello and
happy
anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of
town and I was
really busy packing so I didn't have time to get
you anything."

After they had finished dessert, the father
said,
"There's something your mother and I have wanted to tell
you for a long
time.
You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send
each
of you to college. Throughout the years your mother and I
knew that we
loved each other very much, but we just
never found the time to get
married."

The three children
gasped and all said, "You mean
we're bastards?"

"Yep,"
said the father. "And cheap ones too."