Silent treatment

A man and his wife were having some problems at home
> > > and were giving each
> > > other the silent treatment. The next week the man
> > > realized that he would
> > > need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early
> > > morning business flight
> > > to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the
> > > silence (AND LOSE).
> > >
> > > He wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at
> > > 5:00 a.m."
> > >
> > > The next morning the man woke up, only to discover
> > > it was 9:00 a.m. 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.
> > >
> > >The paper said, "It is 5:00 a.m. Wake up."
> > >
> > > Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.