Boris
09-11-2002, 01:28 PM
received the following email joke from an old girlfriend. At first I found it only mildy funny. But after I thought about it for a minute I couldn't stop laughing.
ONE DAY, THREE MEN WERE HIKING AND UNEXPECTEDLY CAME UPON A LARGE, RAGING VIOLENT RIVER. THEY NEEDED TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, BUT HAD NO IDEA OF HOW TO DO SO.
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> THE FIRST MAN PRAYED TO GOD, SAYING. " PLEASE GOD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO CROSS THIS RIVER." POOF! GOD GAVE HIM BIG ARMS AND STRONG LEGS, AND HE WAS ABLE TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER IN ABOUT TWO HOURS, ALMOST DROWNING A COUPLE OF TIMES.
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> SEEING THIS, THE SECOND MAN PRAYED TO GOD, SAYING, "PLEASE GOD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH ...AND THE TOOLS TO CROSS THIS RIVER." POOF! GOD GAVE HIM A ROWBOAT AND HE WAS ABLE TO ROW ACROSS THE RIVER IN ABOUT AN HOUR,
> ALMOST CAPSIZING THE BOAT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
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> THE THIRD MAN HAD SEEN HOW THIS WORKED OUT FOR THE OTHER TWO, SO HE ALSO PRAYED TO GOD SAYING. "PLEASE GOD, GIVE THE ME THE STRENGTH AND THE TOOLS.. AND THE INTELLIGENCE.. TO CROSS THIS RIVER." AND POOF! GOD TURNED HIM INTO A WOMAN. SHE LOOKED AT THE MAP, HIKED UPSTREAM A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS, AND WALKED ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
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ONE DAY, THREE MEN WERE HIKING AND UNEXPECTEDLY CAME UPON A LARGE, RAGING VIOLENT RIVER. THEY NEEDED TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, BUT HAD NO IDEA OF HOW TO DO SO.
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> THE FIRST MAN PRAYED TO GOD, SAYING. " PLEASE GOD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO CROSS THIS RIVER." POOF! GOD GAVE HIM BIG ARMS AND STRONG LEGS, AND HE WAS ABLE TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER IN ABOUT TWO HOURS, ALMOST DROWNING A COUPLE OF TIMES.
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> SEEING THIS, THE SECOND MAN PRAYED TO GOD, SAYING, "PLEASE GOD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH ...AND THE TOOLS TO CROSS THIS RIVER." POOF! GOD GAVE HIM A ROWBOAT AND HE WAS ABLE TO ROW ACROSS THE RIVER IN ABOUT AN HOUR,
> ALMOST CAPSIZING THE BOAT A COUPLE OF TIMES.
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> THE THIRD MAN HAD SEEN HOW THIS WORKED OUT FOR THE OTHER TWO, SO HE ALSO PRAYED TO GOD SAYING. "PLEASE GOD, GIVE THE ME THE STRENGTH AND THE TOOLS.. AND THE INTELLIGENCE.. TO CROSS THIS RIVER." AND POOF! GOD TURNED HIM INTO A WOMAN. SHE LOOKED AT THE MAP, HIKED UPSTREAM A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS, AND WALKED ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
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