guy walking down the street, falls into an unmarked manhole, about ten feet down.
he’s uninjured, but notices there’s no ladder and pitch darkness extends in every direction except up.
he calls up to a stranger passing by, “hey fella, can you help me out of here?” the guy throws some money down to him and keeps walking.
he calls up to a doctor passing by, “hey, doc, can you help me out of here?” the doctor writes a prescription, throws it down to him and keeps walking.
he calls up to a priest passing by, “hey, father, can you help me out of here?” the priest stops, gives a few hail marys, and keeps walking.
then he spots a friend passing by, and calls up to him, “hey, joe, can you help me out of here?” his friend jumps down into the hole with him.
the man says,”what are you doing? now we’re both stuck down here!”
the friend responds, “yeah, but i’ve been down here before, and i know the way out.”