Subject: Nothing Like Family
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sat Sep 16 2000 - 02:46:08 EDT
"No Money For Food"
One afternoon, a man was riding in the back of his
limousine when he saw two men eating grass by
the road side. He ordered his driver to stop, and he
got out to investigate. "Why are you eating grass?"
he asked one man.
"We don't have any money for food." The poor man
replied.
"Oh, come along with me then."
"But sir, I have a wife with two children!"
"Bring them along! And you, come with us, too!"
he said to the other man.
"But sir, I have a wife with six children!" The second
man answered.
"Bring them as well!"
They all climbed into the car, which was no easy
task, even for a car as large as the limo. Once
underway, one of the poor fellows says "Sir, you
are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."
The rich man replied "No, you don't understand,
the grass at my home is about two meters tall!"
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"Nothing Like Family"
Mr. Wilson was the chairman of the United Way,
which had never received a donation from the most
successful lawyer in town. He called on the attorney
in an attempt to persuade him mend his ways. "Our
research shows that you made a profit of over
$600,000 last year, and yet you have not given a
dime to the community charities! What do you have
to say for yourself?"
The lawyer replied, "Did your research also show
that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has
medical bills that are several times her annual income?
Do you know about my brother, the disabled veteran,
who is blind and in a wheelchair? Do you know about
my sister, whose husband died in a traffic accident,
leaving her penniless with three children?"
Sheepishly, the charity solicitor admitted that he had
no knowledge of any of this.
"Well, since I don't give any money to them, why
should I give any to you?"
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