[Sca-cooks] FW: Subject: Why women lie (fwd)

[Carper, Rachel]

I just had to share with you guys. 


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>One day, while 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 
>she needed the thimble to make her living.
>
>The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden thimble.

>"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.
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>The seamstress replied, "No."
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>The Lord again went down and came up with a wooden thimble. "Is this 
>your thimble?" the Lord asked.
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>Again, the seamstress replied, "No."
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>The Lord went down again and came up with a silver thimble. "Is this 
>your thimble?" the Lord asked.
>
>The seamstress replied, "Yes."
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>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!"
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>The Lord went down into the water and came up with Mel Gibson. "Is this

>your husband?" the Lord asked.
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>"Yes," cried the seamstress.
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>The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
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>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 am a poor woman and am not able to take 
>care of all three husbands, so THAT'S why I said yes to Mel Gibson."
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>The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it is for a good and

>honorable reason, and for the benefit of others.
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