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Need A Push A man is in bed asleep with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on the door. He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it's half past three in the morning. He thinks to himself "I'm not getting out of bed at this time and besides it's pouring rain outside" and rolls over. A louder knock follows. "Aren't you going to answer that?" asks his wife. So he drags himself out of bed, and goes downstairs. He opens the door and there is man standing at the door dripping wet. "Hi there!" slurs the (obviously very drunk) stranger, "Can you give me a push?" "No, get lost, it's half past three. I was in bed!" snarls the man and slams the door. He goes back up to bed. After he tells his wife what happened, she gently chides "Dave, that wasn't very nice of you. Remember that night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up from the baby-sitter and you had to knock on that man's house to get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to get lost?" "But the guy was drunk, and it is pouring rain!" objects the husband. "It doesn't matter," says the wife. "He needs help. The right thing to do would be to help him." So the husband gets out of bed again, dresses, and goes downstairs. He opens the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouts: "Hey, do you still want a push?" A nearby voice calls out joyfully, "Yeah, please!" Still unable to see the stranger, the unhappy man calls out "Where are you?!" And the stranger replies in a puzzled voice: "I'm right over here on the swing, of course." |
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