Brotherly Love

"Brotherly Love"*

*Unable to attend the funeral after his father died, a
son who lived far away called his brother and told
him, "Do something nice for Dad and send me the bill."

Later, he got a bill for $200.00, which he paid. The
next month, he got another bill for $200.00, which
he also paid, figuring it was some incidental expense.

Bills for $200.00 kept arriving every month, and
finally the man called his brother again to find out
what was going on.

"Well," said the other brother, "You said to do
something nice for Dad. So I rented him a tuxedo."

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"Bye Son!"*

*A young man was walking through a supermarket
to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady
following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he
ignored her and continued on. Finally he went to
the checkout line, but she got in front of him.

"Pardon me," she said, "I'm sorry if my staring at
you has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just
that you look just like my son, who I haven't seen in a long time."

"That's a shame," replied the young man, "is
there anything I can do for you?"

"Yes," she said, "as I'm leaving, can you say
'Good bye, Mother!' It would make me feel so much better."

"Sure," answered the young man.

As the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Good-bye, Mother!"

As he stepped up to the checkout counter, he
saw that his total was $167.50.

"How can that be?" he asked, "I only purchased a few things!"

"Your mother said that you would pay for her," said the clerk.
Received on Mon Jun 22 23:47:06 2009