The Seamstress
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 pearls.
"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked
The seamstress replied, "No."
The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires.
"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 George Clooney.
"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 George Clooney, 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 George Clooney."
And so the Lord let her keep him.
Why Women Lie. . . - Jokes Etc - Nairaland
Sometime back i posted Modern Wood cutter story in this Forum under Jokes
Here it is >
Wood Cutter Story retold
You all know the famous Wood Cutter Story.
To brush up that old story
Wood cutter lost his iron Axe in the river while cutting
a tree , and when he prayed to the River Goddess, she appeared and first showed him
a Golden Axe and asked him if it was his, to which he said "No" and then Riven Goddess showed him
a Silver Axe, and asked him if it was his, again the Wood cutter said " No "
Finally the River Goddess showed him his own Iron Axe and asked him if it was his, the Wood Cutter
happily said, " yes" and the River Goddess was pleased and gave him all the three for his truthfulness.
This was the original story with a moral behind it.
After few years the same Wood Cutter went to a Mela ( Festival ) and lost his wife in the crowd
Initially he thought that she would come back on her own, but she was not.
so once again he went to the River Goddess and prayed and The River Goddess appeared
and first showed him, "Miss World " and asked him if she was his wife,
immediately the Wood cutter said " Yes"
The River Goddess now got annoyed with him and asked him why he was lying
to which the Wood Cutter replied
"if i say No she is not my wife, then you would show me Miss Universe and ask me if she was my wife,
again if i said No, you would show my real wife and ask me if she was my wife,
to which if i say Yes, then you would give me all the three of them..
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/jokes-humor/13660-wood-cutter-story-retold.html
So Men, are equally good Liars when a situation warranted