Gene Kelly...with a twist

A man is in bed with his wife when there is a rat-a-tat-tat on
the door. He rolls over and looks at his clock, and it's half
past three in the morning. "I'm not getting out of bed at this
time," he thinks, and rolls over. Then, a louder knock follows.

"Aren't you going to answer that?" says his wife.

So, he drags himself out of bed and goes downstairs. He opens the
door and there is a man standing at the door. It doesn't take the
homeowner long to realize the man is drunk.

"Hi there," slurs the stranger. "Can you give me a push?"

"No, get lost! It's half past three! I was in bed!" screams the
man as he slams the door. He goes back up to bed and tells his
wife what happened.

She remarks, "Dave, that wasn't very nice of you. Remember that
night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids
up from the baby sitter and you had to knock on that man's house to
get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to
get lost?"

"But the guy was drunk," says the husband.

"It doesn't matter," explains the wife. "He needs our help and it
would be nice to help him."

So, the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed, and goes
downstairs. He opens the door but he can't see the stranger
anywhere in the dark, so he shouts, "Hey, do you still want a
push?"

He hears a voice cry out, "Yes, please."

"Where are you?" shouts the homeowner.

The stranger calls back, "I'm over here, on your swing."

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DL