Life on the other side

A man was sick and tired of going to work every daywhile his wife stayed at home. He wanted her to see what he went through each day, so he prayed :-"Dear Lord, I go to work every day and put in 8 hours of hard work, while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please create atrade in our bodies".

God, in His infinite wisdom,granted the man's wish.

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as awoman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate,awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fedthem breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them toschool, came home ..... picked up the dry cleaning,took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank todraw money to pay the electricity and telephone bills.

He drove to the electricity company and the phonecompany and paid the bills, went grocery shopping,came home and put away the groceries. He cleaned thecat's litter box and bathed the dog. By then it wasalready 1:00 pm, so he hurried to make the beds, dothe laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop thekitchen floor.

He rushed to the school to pick up the kids and gotinto an argument with them on the way home which hehad to sort out in a gentle 'motherly' fashion. He setout cookies and milk and got the kids organised to dotheir homework, then set up the ironing board and wasable to watch a bit of TV while he did the ironing.

By then it was 4:30 pm, so he began peeling potatoes andwashed greens for salads. He prepared the chops and fresh vegetables and got everything ready in time foran early dinner.After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed.

At 9:00 pm he was exhausted and althoughhis chores weren't finished for the day, he went tobed where he was expected to make love, which hemanaged to get through without complaining.

The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed andsaid :-"Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was sowrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home allday. Please, O please, let us trade back!"

The Lord,in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son, I feel youhave learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll just have towait 9 months though, because you got pregnant last night!!!"