Honest Postmaster

"Honest Postmaster"*

*A wholesaler in North East sent a letter to the postmaster
of a small Midwestern town. He asked for the name of an
honest lawyer who would take a collection case against
a local debtor who had refused to pay for a shipment
of the wholesaler's goods. He got this reply:

Dear Sir: I am the postmaster of this village and received
your letter. I am also an honest lawyer and ordinarily
would be pleased to accept a case against a local debtor.

In this case, however, I also happen to be the person you
sold those crummy goods to. I received your demand to
pay and refused to honor it. I am also the banker you sent
the draft to draw on the merchant, and I sent that back
with a note stating that the merchant had refused to pay.

If I were not, for the time being, substituting for the pastor
of our local church, I would tell you just what I thought of your claim.

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"Honest Doctor"*

*An elderly man constantly called his doctor at all hours
of the day and night and would then keep him on the
phone with a litany of imagined ailments.

Finally the doctor could take it no longer. "Listen, Mr.
Jones, if you wake me up again in the middle of the
night with another one of your tales about some
made-up ailment, I am going to insist you see another
physician. Have I made myself clear?"

A week later, the unfortunate man slipped and fell
down a flight of stairs, breaking his hip, two ribs, an
elbow, and suffering a concussion. He was rushed to
the hospital and put in intensive care.

An hour later, his doctor walked in, saw his condition,
and exclaimed,

"I think you're finally getting the hang of it!"
Received on Mon Oct 25 15:52:54 2010