Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Never give up

I receive a lot of forwarded emails everyday but this particular one got my whole attention this morning. Thought I'd share the smile with you here :

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.

I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?'

'No, I had to stop drinking years ago', the homeless woman told me.

'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I asked.

'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.'

'Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked.

'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman. I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!'
'Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.'

The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.'

I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him to see
what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.'


See girls?

We can give up many things - but never, under any circumstances, relinquish our birthrights for drink, hair appointments and shopping.

:)

9 comments:

  1. ROFLMAO ! :-).This is a very cheeky story...I hope my girlfriend won't read this..
    Btw Yan, I want the old header..That's much more juicier...:-D

    ReplyDelete
  2. KC: You have a girlfriend now? For real? :)

    This header is for Halloween. Will change to the old one soon :)

    Joshua: Hey!It's been a while. Glad this made you smile :D

    Aimy: :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hey gal, Christmas season is coming up! Do you have holidays? Do you think we can meet up?

    xxx

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hey Jenny,

    Yeap, Christmas is coming up. So can't wait. We do have holidays, havent decided how many days to take. But I think we are not going anywhere this year.

    Yeah, we should meet up! Just fix a time :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. :) lol this is a good 1 :) nway i love all ur blog post :D

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hey bubbleberry,

    Thanks. This is a good one yes haha :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Come round to ur new place? Or meet outside somewhere?

    ReplyDelete
  8. Jenny: Sure! Come over our place. Would love to have you guys around. Bring Hayden and Ian too :)

    ReplyDelete

You saying?