15 December 2003, 11:54
raamwWhy men are Honest?
> One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river,
> His ax fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and
> asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his axe has
> fallen into water, and he needed the axe to make his living.
>
> The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe. "Is
> this your axe?" the Lord asked. The woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord
> again went down and came up with a silver axe.
>
> "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.
>
> Again, the woodcutter! replied, "No."
>
> The Lord went down again and came up with an iron axe.
>
> "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.
>
> The woodcutter replied, "Yes."
>
> The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to
> keep, and the woodcutter went home happy.
>
> Some time later the woodcutter was walk! ing with his wife along the
> riverbank, and his wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord
> again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
>
> "Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!"
>
> The Lord went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez.
> "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.
> "Yes," cried the woodcutter.
>
> The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
>
> The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
> misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You would
> have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also said 'no' to her,
> you would have come up with my wife. Had I then said 'yes,' you would
> have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor man, and am not able to
> take care of all three wives, so THAT'S why I said yes to Jennifer Lopez."
>
> The moral of this story is: Whenever ! a man lies, it is for
> a good and honorable reason, and for the benefit of others.
>
> That's our story, and we're stick ing to it
15 December 2003, 14:32
NitroXThe other untruth was his wife didn't fall into the river, she was pushed.