Subject: About Your Debt...
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2001 - 10:42:27 EST
"Gone For Cotton"
A bill collector knocked on the door of a country
debtor. "Is Fred home?" he asked the woman
who answered the door. "Sorry," the woman
replied. "Fred's gone for cotton."
The next day the collector tried again. "Is Fred
here today?" "No, sir," she said, "I'm afraid
Fred has gone for cotton."
When he returned the third day he humphed,
"I suppose Fred is gone for cotton again?"
"No," the woman answered solemnly, "Fred
died yesterday."
Suspicious that he was being avoided, the
collector decided to wait a week and investigate
the cemetery himself. But sure enough, there
was poor Fred's tombstone, with this inscription:
"Gone, But Not for Cotton."
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"About Your Debt..."
A man borrow $10,000 from his friend and says he will
pay back the following week. A week passes, and his
friend shows up and asks him where his money is.
The man says, "How much do I owe you?"
The friend says, "$10,000."
The man says, "I'll pay back next week."
A week passes, and the friend again shows up and
asks, "Do you have my money?"
"How much do I owe you?"
"$10,000"
"I'll pay back next week."
"Okay, listen, just make it $9,000 dollars and make
sure you pay me back next week."
Another week passes, and the friend again shows up
and asks, "Do you have my money?"
"How much do I owe you?"
"$9,000"
"I'll pay back next week."
"Okay, listen, just make it $8,000 dollars but make
sure you pay me back next week."
Another week passes, and the friend again shows up
and asks, "Do you have my money?"
"How much do I owe you?"
"$8,000"
"I'll pay back next week."
"Okay, listen, just make it $7,000 dollars but make sure
you pay me back next week."
Yet another week passes, and the friend again shows
up and asks, "Do you have my money?"
"How much do I owe you?"
"$7,000"
"I'll pay back next week."
"Okay, listen, just make it $6,000 dollars but make sure
you pay me back next week."
One more week passes, and the friend again shows up
and asks, "Do you have my money?"
"How much do I owe you?"
"$6,000"
"I'll pay back next week."
"Okay, listen, just make it $5,000 dollars but make sure
you pay me back next week. I don't want to hear any
more excuses!"
Another week comes by, and the friend shows up once
more and asks, "Do you have my money?"
"How much do I owe you?"
"$6,000"
"I'll pay back next week."
"You originally owed me $10,000, now you owe me $5,000.
What's going on? Why aren't you paying me?"
"What are you talking about?! Every week my debt gets
less and less!"
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