A man and his wife are asleep in bed, when there is a knock at the door. He rolls over, looks at the clock, and sees that it's 3:30 in the morning.
"I'm not getting out of bed at this time," he thinks to himself, and rolls over.
Then a louder knock follows.
"Aren't you going to answer that?" says his wife.
So he drags himself out of bed and goes downstairs. Opening the door, he sees a man standing on the porch. It didn't take the homeowner long to realize the man was drunk.
"Hi there," slurs the stranger. "Can you gimme a push??"
"No! Get lost! It's half past three. I was in bed," says the man and he slams the door.
He drags his feet up the stairs to bed and relates to his wife what happened.
She says, "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 babysitter 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 this guy is drunk," says the husband.
"It doesn't matter," reasons the wife. "He needs our help and it would be the decent thing to help him."
So the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed, and goes downstairs. He opens the front door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouts, "Hey, do you still want a push?"
And he hears a voice cry out, "Yeah, please."
So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouts, "Where are you?"
And in a sing-song voice, the drunk replies, "Over here, on the swing."
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