Insurance

"Keeping The Log"

The first mate on a ship decided to celebrate
an occasion with a "little" stowed away rum.
Unfortunately he got drunk and was still drunk
the next morning. The captain saw him drunk
and when the first mate was sober, showed
him the following entry in the ship's log: "The
first mate was drunk today."

"Captain please don't let that stay in the log",
the mate said. "This could add months or
years to my becoming a captain myself."

"Is it true?" asked the captain, already knowing
the answer.

"Yes, its true" the mate said. "Then if it is true
it has to go in the log. That's the rule. If its true
it goes into the log, end of discussion" said
the captain sternly.

Weeks later, it was the first mate's turn to
make the log entries. The first mate wrote:
"The ship seems in good shape. The captain
was sober today."

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"Insurance"

Airman Jones was assigned to the induction
center, where he advised new recruits about
their government benefits, especially their GI
insurance.

It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed
that Airman Jones was having a staggeringly
high success-rate, selling insurance to nearly
100% of the recruits he advised.

Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood
in the back of the room and listened to Jones'
sales pitch.

Jones explained the basics of GI Insurance to
the new recruits, and then said, "If you have GI
Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the
government has to pay $200,000 to your
beneficiaries. If you don't have GI insurance,
and you go into battle and get killed, the
government only has to pay a maximum of
$10,000."

"Now," he concluded, "which group do you think
they are going to send into battle first?"
Received on Wed Apr 19 08:36:43 2006