Why Men Lie

[Anaconda]

One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch off a tree
above a river, his ax slipped and fell into the river. When he
cried out, the good Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The woodcutter replied that his ax had fallen into water, and he
needed the ax to make his living.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a
golden ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.

The woodcutter replied, "No."

The Lord again went down and came up with a silver ax. "Is
this your ax?" the Lord asked.

Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."

The Lord went down a third time and came up with an iron ax.
"Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.

The woodcutter replied, "Yes." The Lord was pleased with
the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the
woodcutter went home happy.

Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife
along the riverbank, and his wife fell into the river. When he
cried out, the Lord appeared again and asked him, "Why are you
crying?"

"Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!" The Lord went
down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is this your
wife?" the Lord asked.

"Yes," cried the woodcutter.

The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"

The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez,
You would have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also
said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then
said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor
man, and am not able to take care of all three wives, so THAT'S why
I said yes to Jennifer Lopez."

The moral of this story is: Whenever a man lies, it is for
a good and honorable reason, and for the benefit of others. That's
our story, and we're sticking to it!