Najib and Mahatir ended up at the same barber shop. As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken. The barbers were both afraid to start a conversation, for fear that it would turn nasty.
As the barbers finished their shaves in silence, the one who had Najib in his chair reached for the aftershave. But Najib was quick to stop him, jokingly saying, "No thanks. My wife, Rosmah, will smell that and think I've been in a brothel."
The second barber turned to Mahatir and said, "How about you, Tun?”
Mahatir replied, "Go right ahead; my wife, Siti Hasmah, doesn't know what the inside of a brothel smells like."