Sent to me from a bachelor friend in his 60s:

World's Shortest Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' The girl
said, 'NO!' And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles
and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and
scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up
and farted whenever he wanted.

The End

That made me weepy. :cry:

Very concise little tale. Reminds me of an old Marine Corps riddle?