Why A Woman Lies!

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, "Why are you crying?"
> >
> >The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water
> >and
> >that she needed the thimble to help her husband in making a living
> >for
> >the
> >two of them.
> >
> >The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden
> >thimble.
> >
> >"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied,
> >"No."
> >The Lord again went down and came up with a wooden thimble. "Is this
> >your
> >thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No." The
> >Lord
> >went
> >down again and came up ! with a silver 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 time later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along
> >the
> >riverbank, and her husband fell into the river. When she cried out,
> >
> >The Lord again appeared and asked her, Why are you crying?" "Oh
> >Lord,
> >my husband has fallen into the water!"
> >
> >The Lord went down into the water and came up with Mel Gibson "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 Mel Gibson, you would have come up
> >with
> >Tom Cruise. 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 Mel Gibson."
> >
> >The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good
> >and
> >honorable reason, and for the benefit of others.
> >
> >That's our story, and we're sticking to it