The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
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Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:01:04 +0100
Hiya All... Here's the evidence - not all lawyers are dishonest.... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx ------- Forwarded foolishness follows ------- A very wealthy man, old and desperately ill, summons to his bed his three closest friends: his doctor, his priest and his lawyer. "Now;" he says, "they say you can't take it with you. But who knows? Suppose they're mistaken. I'd like to have something with me, just in case. I'm giving each of you an envelope containing one hundred thousand dollars,and I would be grateful if you put the envelope in my coffin, so that if it turns out that it's useful, I'll have something. They each agree to carry out the wish. Sure enough ,after a few weeks the old man passed away. At his funeral, each of the three advisors is seen slipping something in the coffin. After the burial,as the three are walking away together, the doctor turns to the other two and says, "Friends, I have a confession to make. As you know,at the hospital we are desperate because of cutbacks in funding. Our CAT scan machine broke down and we haven`t been able to get a new one. So I took $20,000 of our friends money for a new one,and put the rest in the coffin as he asked." At this the priest says, "I too have a confession to make. As you know our church is simply overwhelmed by the problem of homeless; our needs keep increasing and we have nowhere to turn. So I took $50,000 from the envelope for our homeless fund and put the rest in the coffin as our friend requested." Fixing the other two in his gaze, the lawyer says, "I am astonished and disappointed that you would treat our solemn undertaking to our friend so poorly. I want you to know that I placed in his coffin my personal check for the full one hundred thousand dollars."