Today's lesson is that honesty isn't always the best policy. Read on, fellow Accywebbers...
On the cliff tops overlooking the river sat some old farm houses complete with outdoor toilets at the bottom of the garden.
One morning ,before school, three brothers were playing in the garden and daring each other to push the old toilet over the cliff and into the river. After much cajouling, the youngest one did just that, and watched the thunderbox float off downstream, towards the ocean.
That afternoon they were sitting round the table having a feed and their father asked who the bright spark was that tipped the dunny over the cliff. There was no answer forthcoming. "Let me tell you a story," he said to the boys:
"You have all heard of George Washington, the first President of America. Well once, when he was a boy, his father got all his children together and asked them who had cut down his favourite cherry tree. George stood up and said, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. It was I who chopped down the cherry tree.' His father was so pleased with his honesty that he forgave him," recounted the father.
On hearing this the youngest boy stood up and said, "Dad, I was the one that pushed the dunny over the cliff and into the river."
When he heard his youngest's confession, the old man kicked the living sh*t out of the little sod.
"Why did you do that?" screamed the young 'un. "George Washington's dad didn’t hit him!"
"That's because George Washington’s dad wasn't up the f**king cherry tree at the time!"
