CAN YOU GIVE ME A PUSH?
A man is in bed asleep with his wife when there is a
rat-a-tat-tat on the door. He rolls over and looks at
his clock, and it's half past three in the morning. "I'm
not getting out of bed at this time", he thinks, and
rolls over. Then, a louder knock follows. "Aren't you
going to answer that?" says his wife. So he drags
himself out of bed, and goes downstairs. He opens the
door and there is man standing at the door. It didn't
take the homeowner long to realize the man was drunk.
"Hi there." slurs the stranger, "Can you give me a
push??"
"No, get lost, it's half past three. I was in bed,"
says the man and slams the door.
He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what
happened and she says "Dave, that wasn't very nice of
you. Remember that night we broke down on the pouring
rain on the way to pick the kids up from the baby-sitter
and you had to knock on that man's house to get us
started again? What would have happened if he'd told us
to get lost?"
"But the guy was drunk," says the husband.
"It doesn't matter," says the wife. "He needs our
help. The right thing to do would be to help him."
So the husband gets out of bed again, dresses, and
goes downstairs. He opens the door, and not being able
to see the stranger anywhere he shouts: "Hey, do you
still want a push??" He hears a voice cry out, "Yeah,
please."
So, still being unable to see the stranger he shouts:
"Where are you?"
And the stranger replies: "I'm over here, on your
swing."
