A burglar breaks into a couple's house at night

However, he's discovered by the couple, so he pulls out a knife and puts it at the wife's throat.

'What's your name?' asks the burglar. 'I like to know the name of my victims!'

'Elisabeth,' she answers frailly.

'Oh, my mother's called Elisabeth as well!' says the burglar. 'I can't kill someone who reminds me of her!'

So he jumps to the husband with the knife.

'And you, what's *your* name?' he questions the husband.

The husband replies with a trembling voice:

'My name is Philip, but my friends call me Elisabeth...'