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Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Mon, 21 May 2001 05:42:20 -0700
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Good one.  I liked it.

--- Paige Petersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A man was sick and tired of going to work every day
> while his wife stayed
> home. He wanted her to see what he went through so
> he prayed, "Dear Lord, I
> go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my
> wife merely stays at home.
> I want her to know what I go through, so please
> create a trade in our
> bodies.
>
> " God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's
> wish.
>
> The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a
> woman.  He arose, cooked
> breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out
> their school clothes, fed
> them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to
> school, came home and
> picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners
> and stopped at the bank
> to draw out money to pay the power bill and
> telephone bill, drove to the
> power company and the phone company and paid the
> bills, went grocery
> shopping, came home and put away the groceries. He
> cleaned the cat's litter
> box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 p.m.
> and he hurried to make
> the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and  sweep
> and mop the kitchen
> floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got
> into an argument with
> them on the way home. Set out cookies and milk and
> got the kids organized to
> do their homework, then set up the ironing board and
> watched TV while he did
> the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and
> washing greens for salad,
> breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for
> supper. After supper he
> cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded
> laundry, bathed the kids,
> and put them to bed. At 9 p.m. he was exhausted and,
> though his daily chores
> weren't finished, he went to bed where he was
> expected to make love which he
> managed to get through without complaint. The next
> morning he awoke and
> immediately knelt by the bed and said, "Lord, I
> don't know what I was
> thinking.
> I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay
> home all day.
> Please, oh please, let us trade back."
>
> The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son,
> I feel you have learned
> your lesson and I will be happy to change things
> back to the way they were.
> You'll have to wait 9 months, though.
>
> You got pregnant last night.
>
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