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One day, while a woodcutter was cutting the branch of a tree above a
river, his axe dropped into the river.

When he cried out the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"

The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he 
needed the axe to make his living.

The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe.
"Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.

The woodcutter replied, "No."

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

Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."

The Lord went down again and came up with a rusted iron axe. 
"Is this your axe?" 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 
river bank, and his wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the
Lord again appeared.

The Lord 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 Angelina Jolie. 
"Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.

"Yes," cried the woodcutter.

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

The woodcutter replied, "Forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding. 
You see, if I had said 'no' to Angelina Jolie, you would have come
up with Jennifer Lopez.

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 all three to me.

Lord, I am a poor man, and I am not able to take care of all three
wives, so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to Angelina Jolie."


The moral of this story is: whenever a man lies, it is for a good and
honourable reason, and for the benefit of others.


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[Found on za.humour]

If you try and don't succeed, cheat. Repeat until caught. Then lie.