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From: slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: a joke, what else?
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Date: Sun, 13-Oct-85 12:37:38 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 13 12:37:38 1985
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A man stayed in his house as a flood engulfed his town.  Two men in a
rowboat came to his house and offered to take him to safety.  "No thank you",
the man said, "G-d will help me".  As the waters rose, the man retreated to
the second story of his house.  Now, two men in a motorboat came by and offered
to rescue him.  Again, the man declined, saying, "No thank you, G-d will
help me."  As the waters rose still higher, the man retreated again to the
rooftop of his house.  A helicopter came by, and someone inside it threw down
a rope, urging the man to grab it and be pulled up into the helicopter.  Once
more, the man declined and said, "No thank you, G-d will help me."  Whereupon
a mighty voice called out to the man, "You idiot!  I sent you a rowboat, 
a motorboat, and now a helicopter.  What more do you want me to do?".       

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