A salesman called a potential client only to have the phone answered by a young boy. He asked the lad if he could speak to his father. He replied his father was not home.

"Well, then, could I speak to your mother?"

"She's not home either," the boy replied.

"Okay then," asked the man, "who IS home with you?"

"Just my brother," the boy answered.

"Alright then," said the man, "may I speak with him? "

"Sure," he said and went to get his brother. After what seemed like a very long time, the boy came back and said that his brother could not come to the phone.

Exasperated, the man asked, "Well, why not?"

The boy responded. "Because I can't get him out of his crib!"