Really and Truly...

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> One day a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river and 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.

> The seamstress replied, "No."

> The Lord again went down and came up with a wooden thimble. "Is this

> your thimble?" the Lord asked.

> Again, the seamstress replied, "No."

> 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!"

> The Lord went down into the water and came up with Mel Gibson. "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 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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> That's our story, and we're sticking to it.

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