Friday, January 9, 2009

The Seamstress & The Lord

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, 'My dear child, why are you crying?' The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family.


The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with sapphires. 'Is this your thimble?' the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, 'No.' The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble studded with rubies. 'Is this your thimble?' the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, 'No.' The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather 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 years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, 'Why are you crying?' 'Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!' The Lord went down into the water and came up with Daniel Craig. '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 Daniel Craig, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. 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 Daniel Craig. And so the Lord let her keep him.


The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

17 comments:

Kristen said...

I love this!

Unknown said...

LOL so true

Lynette said...

Ha Ha - good one, but I would have held out for Paul Walker!! Google him - he's so dreamy!!

Kristen said...

For the Krispy Kreme Challenge you run 2 miles to the doughnut shop...eat a dozen doughnuts...and run 2 miles back to the NCSU bell tower...all under 1 hour.
I'm not as young as I used to be so I run there... grab my doughnuts... run back...and then enjoy my doughnuts when I get home.
It's lots of fun and started as a college joke with a few guys and now is up to thousands of people.

Mama Wheaton said...

I would have waited for Gerad Butler! But Daniel Craig will do.

Heatherlyn said...

LOL. I'm pretty sure I would rather have my husband!

Kimberly said...

THAT was funny!! lmao!!

Where do you get these,(?) they're great!

Grand Pooba said...

HA! Oh I love the moral!

Cassie said...

BAh! That's funny! I would have done the very same thing!

ChicagoLady said...

I would have held out for Gerard Butler and fought Mama Wheaton for him, lmao!

sassy stephanie said...

How funny!!

Preston said...

I love you so much! That is so way funny and I didn't even expect it... LOL

Me (aka Danielle) said...

Amen to that! *Smiles*

Mary said...

well said!

Tasha said...

i loved it. its true!

Shan G said...

Oh you're damn skippy!! LOL

I would have asked for Rick Springfield, though. OOOHH, and Jimmy Smits & Andy Garcia. YUUUUMMMMM!!!!

OOPS, I forgot, of course my husband as well. LOL

Cute story. I needed a giggle & confirmation that women are the better, more giving gender.

Vickie said...

OOoo..Dennis Quaid! I would choose him for my health.