>A woman was walking down Yonge Street in Toronto 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 billfold, 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 me and my husband
> >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."
> >

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