the newly married couple had a secret system worked out for when they wished to "fool around" whenever company was present, the "secret" language would be "I have some washing to do"

at a dinner party the young man said to his young bride 

"I have a load of washing to do dear"

young bride

"we will see to it later"

a little later came around when all the guests were gone and the young bride stated

"now about that washing"

to which hubby replied

"it was only a small load so I did it by hand"

dont blame me, it's that young bugger at work again, hey at least he's off tonto and the lone ranger for a while!!!!!!!!!!