An old couple is shopping at the grocery store. The husband is picking an item off the shelf and when he turns around he sees that his wife is putting a can of peaches in her purse.
“What are you doing?” he asks. “Did you just put those peaches in your purse?”
His wife replies, “It’s ok, it’s just a can of peaches. And I’m an old woman. Who would suspect me?”
“That’s not the point”, the husband replies. “It’s stealing.”
“Don’t worry, it’ll be fine,” his wife says assuredly. “I’ve done this before and no one suspects a thing.”
Unbeknownst to them, a woman down the aisle overhears this conversation, finds the manager and tells him about the old woman stealing the peaches. When the old couple reach the checkout line, the manager is there waiting and asks the woman to open her purse. Finding the can of peaches, the manager tells them that he’s going to have to press charges against her.
Later, when the woman is standing before a judge, the judge asks her, “Did you really steal this can of peaches?”
“I did, your honor,” the woman replies. “I’m very sorry.”
The judge looks at the can of peaches and says, “Well, there appears to be 8 peaches in this can, so I sentence you to 1 day of jail time per peach. That’s 8 days total.”
Upon hearing this judgement, her husband quickly stands up and calls out to the judge, “Excuse me, your honor! I’ve just heard your judgement and I want you to know something. She also took a can of peas too!”