Thu 19 Jul 2007
Today is my Friday (as I am off tomorrow to sail the high seas to, uh, Ensenadas), so I’m posting a Friday ha-ha today. And also to say, “HA ha!” And of course, to help men understand women. Forwarded to me from a female coworker…
One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, “My dear child, why are you crying?”
The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family.
The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, “No.”
The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires. “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.
Again, the seamstress replied, “No.”
The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. “Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, “Yes.”
The Lord was pleased with the woman’s honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.
Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, “Why are you crying?”
“Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!”
The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. “Is this your husband?” the Lord asked.
“Yes!” cried the seamstress.
The Lord was furious. “You lied! That is an untruth!”
The seamstress replied, “Oh, forgive me, my Lord It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said ‘no’ to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said ‘no’ to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said ‘yes,’ you would have given me all three. Lord, I’m not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT’S why I said ‘yes’ to George Clooney.”
And so the Lord let her keep him.
The moral of this story is:
Whenever a woman lies, it’s for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it!
Signed,
All Us Women
funny! i’d like to read the story, on why guys lie! ha…or maybe not? 🙂
Guys lie cuz they feel trapped in a “trick” question where if they told the truth, they’re afraid we’d get mad and start a fight, and they think it’s a “white lie.” They do this in lieu of simply not doing the offensive activity we’re questioning them about to begin with. Or, some (I’ve dated a couple) are just compulsive liars. Their natural answer to any random question is a lie. This actually happened to me at a party after catching up with my then-boyfriend, who’d been MIA for about an hour:
Me: (irritated) How many drinks have you had?
Him: (holding a beer in one hand and a cigar in the other) None.
*shrug*
Guys lie because *some* of them are just freakin’ pigs.
But yeah, many lie because they feel trapped in a question… I think some women do that too.
HAVE a great cruise little sister!!!!
i agree w/ your thoughts. but lies, regardless of who is telling them and how big or small, just bring lack of credibility and merit. i guess we’ve all done it, huh? ha…have a great trip! can’t wait to read the posts about it!
Jordan – You know you’ve set my bar high as to cruises, right? I wonder if I’ll meet another Jordan on THIS cruise. If the people around the dinner table are duds, I’ll be SO disappointed.
K – that’s what so stupid about compulsive lies. They’re so unnecessary and meaningless, but yet so damaging because you’re thinking, “If he’ll lie about THIS, what the hell ELSE is he lying about?!” Those lies are so not worth it.
Thanks guys…I think I’ll have a nice trip. In the very least, I’m not at work! HA!
yep and you don’t know what’s true and what’s not anymore, so you can’t believe anything – mmmm happy long weekend to you, have a fabulous time!