A woman was walking down the street 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 bill fold, 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 my husband 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 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." :tongue: