Little Johnny was getting to the age where his friends encouraged him to pick up some habits his dad didn't approve of. His dad devised a test to see what kind of man he'd become. He laid out a stack of dollars, a bottle of beer, a Playboy, and a Bible on Johnny's bed.
"I'll hide and watch him", he thinks, "and if Johnny takes the money he'll be a man consumed by greed. If he drinks the beer he'll be a no-good drunk. If he looks at the Playboy he'll be a womanizer. But if he reads the Bible he'll be a good man."
So he hides, and when little Johnny gets home he looks at all the items on the bed. First he pockets the money, then he drinks the beer, then he kicks back and opens up the Playboy.
"Oh no," thinks dad, "where did I go wrong." Then some dust tickles his nose and he sneezes. Johnny jumps, looks around, stashes the beer and Playboy, and opens up the Bible.
"Lord save us, it's even worse than I thought," says dad. "He's running for Congress!"