We sometimes feel that we know what is going on in the world around us but honestly, it is just a matter of judging a book by its cover. For most of us, looking from the outside means that we are going to miss a lot of what is really happening in life. Sometimes, it can be a problem but at other times, it can actually present an opportunity.
That was the case in this joke when a young lad comes home with a Porsche for an amazingly low price. After they learned the truth, it was apparent that more was going on than anyone realized.
A fifteen-year-old came home with a Porsche and his parents began to yell and scream, "Where did you get that car?”
He calmly told them, "I bought it today.”
"With what money!?” demanded his parents. "We know what a Porsche costs.”
"Well,” said the boy, "this one cost me fifteen dollars.”
The parents began to yell even louder. "Who would sell a car like that for fifteen dollars!?” they asked.
"It was the lady up the street,” said the boy. "Don’t know her name — they just moved in. She saw me ride past on my bike and asked me if I wanted to buy a Porsche for fifteen dollars.”
"Oh my goodness!” moaned the mother, "she must be a child abuser. Who knows what she will do next?
John, you go right up there and see what’s going on.”
So the boy’s father walked up the street to the house where the lady lived and found her out in the yard calmly planting flowers. He introduced himself as the father of the boy to whom she has sold a Porsche for fifteen dollars and demanded to know why she did it.
"Well,” she said, "this morning I got a phone call from my husband. I thought he was on a business trip, but I learned from a friend he has run off to Hawaii with his secretary and really doesn’t intend to come back. He claimed he was stranded and asked me to sell his new Porsche and send him the money. So I did.”
