An elderly man was taking a nice walk along a secluded beach one evening. The weather was perfect. A lite breeze was blowing in from the ocean allowing the birds to soar in lazy circles on the up drafts from the sand dunes with out flaping their wings. Other than the gentle slapping of the waves that slid up the beach until they just covered his toes before they slid back down, It was so quiet he thought maybe this time he might be able to hear the huge red sun, that was painting the puffy clouds behind him vivid colors that are found nowere else in the universe,hiss when it touched the ocean.

Then he noticed another set of footprints being formed in the wet sand keeping pace with him but nobody was there. He walked on for a while. Finaly he said, Is that you Lord? And the Lord said, Yes my son. The man said, If this means it is time for me to be judged by St. Peter, I am ready for I have always tried to live my life according to the 10 commandments. The Lord said, No, That's not it. You have been such a good man your whole life, that I have come to grant you one wish for anything you want. The man said, Thank you Lord, but I have just about every thing a man could ask for, a good family, a nice house, enough money to last longer than I will be here on earth. I do have one brother in law that could use a good smite or two,but I don't guess that's what we are here for.


The Lord said, surly there is something that would make your life easier. The man said, Well, we go to Hawaii every winter, and the airlines just get worse and worse all the time, especialy since 9-11. I've got an old Benz diesel that I just love to drive, could you build a bridge so I can enjoy driving it to Hawaii instead of being miserable trying to deal with thise airlines.

NO, that would be impossible. It would have to be thousands of miles long, the pillors would have to be thousands of feet deep to reach the sea floor, it would have to be hundreds of feet in the air so ships could sail under it. Then there would have to be service plazas and rest areas and all that stuff. It would be an enginering nightmare. Is there something easier that you could wish for?


They walked on for a while, then the man said, Well, I realy would like to know how womens minds work.


They walked on for a while longer, Then the Lord said, Do you want that bridge to be two lanes or four lanes?

Lou