Thursday, June 14, 2007

Grafton Street’s a Wonderland….






A lady was walking down Grafton Street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of Euro for food.

The woman took out her purse, produced €50 and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some chocolate with it instead of dinner?"

"No," I had to stop chocolate 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 at the Hairdresser’s 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 hubby be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty well 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, hairdresser appointments, and chocolate.

6 comments:

Brian Damage said...

On the flipside, she didn't produce a blood-filled syringe and demand money ...

Ah no, Grafton Street's grand. Henry Street is a glorified ghetto though.

Anonymous said...

Grannymar,
Reminds me of the time my husband and I were staying in a hotel in Miami. A "Lady of the Evening" approached him and asked if he desired her services. She said she would only charge $100.00.Wanting to get rid of her he said he only had $20.00. She turned her nose up and trounced away. The next morning hubby and I were coming down in the elevator and there she was again. This time she smirked at him and said," See what you get for $20.00?"

Anonymous said...

hehehe oh dear ....

grannymar said...

@Dario - very true

@Nancy - thats a good one

@Conortje - keep smiling

Anonymous said...

Brilliant, Gran. Absolutely class!

grannymar said...

Thank you PS