A Wise Woman....

[Ann]

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a

particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a

couple of dollars for dinner. The woman took out her bill fold,

extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy

some wine with it instead of dinner?" "No," I had to stop drinking years

ago, the homeless woman replied.

"Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" the woman

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?" the woman

asked.

"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair done

in 20 years!"

"Well," said the woman, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead,

I'm going to take you out for dinner with my hubby and myself tonight.

The homeless woman was astounded. "Won't your husband be furious with

you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty

disgusting."

The woman replied, "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."