On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:58:36 -0500, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:

Isn't there something in the Christian faith to the extent of "the Lord helps
those as helps themselves"?

My uncle tried that line out on officer O'Reilly the night he got his
hand stuck in the Poor Box.

"Uncle Eight Fingers,"* we called him.

Don
*Well, ya see, he tried it a couple a times.