A Naval Officer and his wife are awakened at three o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding on the door. He gets up and goes to the door where a very drunk sailor, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.
"No chance," says the officer, "it's three o'clock in the morning!"
He slams the door and returns to bed.
"Who was that?" asked his wife.
"Just some darn drunken sailor asking for a push,"... he answers.
"Did you help him?" she asks.
"No, I did not, it's three in the morning and pouring down!"
"Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down and those two sailors helped us? I think you should help him, you should be ashamed of yourself!"
Doing as he is told, the officer sighs, gets dressed and goes out into the pouring rain.
He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"
"Yes," comes back the answer.
"Do you still need a push?" calls out the officer.
"Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.
"Where are you?" asks the officer.
"Over here on the swing!"..