THE PIT

• A man fell into a pit and couldn't get himself out.
• A subjective person came along and said, "I feel for you down there."
• An objective person came along and said, "It's logical that someone would fall into that pit."
• A Christian Scientist came along and said, "You only think you're in a pit."
• A Pharisee said, "Only bad people fall into pits."
• A mathematician calculated how he fell into the pit.
• A news reporter wanted an exclusive story.
• A fundamentalist said, "You deserve your pit."
• Confucius said, "If you had listened to me you would not be in that pit."Buddha said, "Your pit is only a state of mind."
• A realist said, "Now that's a pit!"
• A scientist calculated the pressure necessary, pounds per square inches, to get him out of the pit.
• A geologist told him to appreciate the rock strata in the pit.
• An evolutionist said, "You are a rejected mutant destined to be removed from the
• evolutionary cycle."In other words he's going to die in the pit so he can't produce any pit falling offspring.
• The county inspector said, "Did you have a permit to dig that pit?
• A professor gave him a lecture on the elementary principles of the pit and gravity.
• A self-pitying person said, "You haven't seen anything until you've seen my pit."
• An optimist said, "Things could be worse."
• A pessimist said, "Don't worry, things are going to get worse."
• Jesus, seeing the man, reached down, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the pit!