Ever Wonder Why Men Lie?

One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, Zeus 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. Zeus went down in the water and reappeared with a golden axe. "Is this your axe?" Zeus asked.

The woodcutter replied, "No." Zeus again went down and came up with a silver axe. "Is this your axe?" Zeus asked. Again, the woodcutter replied, "No." Zeus went down again and came up with an iron axe. "Is this your axe?" Zeus asked. "Yes", he replied. Zeus 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, Zeus again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?" "Oh God Zeus, my wife has fallen into the water!" Zeus went down into the water and came up with Angelina Jolie.

"Is this your wife?" Zeus asked. "Yes," cried the woodcutter. Zeus was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The woodcutter fell to his knees and cried, "Oh, forgive me, Zeus. It is misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Angelina Jolie, 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, and I love my wife such that I don't want her to share me with anyone, 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.. MOSTLY his wife!