A man is in bed 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. "I'm not getting out of bed at this time," he thinks, 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. He
> > opens
> >the door and there is man standing at the door. It didn't take the
> >homeowner long to realise the man was drunk.
> >"Hi there," slurs the stranger. "Can you give me a push??"
> >"No, get lost. It's half past three. I was in bed," says the man
> >and
> > he
> >slams the door. He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what
> >happened
> > >and 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 the guy was drunk," says the husband.
> >"It doesn't matter," says the wife. "He needs our help and it
> >would
> >
> >be
> >the Christian thing to help him."
> >So the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed, 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??"
> >And he hears a voice cry out, "Yeah, please."
> >So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts, "Where are
> > you?"
> >The drunk replies, "Over here, on the swing."
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >