A man is walking through the forest when he discovers a gnome. “If you step on a purple mushroom, you’ll be forced to marry the ugliest person in the world,” warned the old gnome, so the man continued carefully through the woods.

He didn’t step on any purple mushrooms. Suddenly a beautiful woman walked up and said: “We have to get married.”

“Why?” asked the man, smiling.

“I just stepped on one of those pesky purple mushrooms!”