Priest, Lawyer and Doctor

supergnome · 17-06-2012, 08:53

Old miser gathers his lawyer, doctor and priest as he is about to die.

He asks each of them to agree to do something important for him after he has died.

His relatives he views as feckless and he has no charitable bones in his body. He gives each man a brown envelope containing a third of his life savings - £250,000 each - and says that they are to see that he takes it with him when he dies by putting it into his grave with him. They each reluctantly agree.

On the day of the funeral, as the interrment has ended, each man approaches the grave and drops the envelope in before the gravedigger starts to refill the hole. As the 3 have lagged behind to do this, they end up sharing a lift to the wake.

In the car the priest breaks down. Confesses to the other two that he took half of the money and gave it to the poor of the parish according to their needs. The Doctor then says he is glad that the priest has confessed because he too saw no sense in money mouldering in the grave, and donated 75% of the money to the local hospital's scanner appeal.

The lawyer is disgusted & upbraids the other two for breaking the sacred trust imposed upon them in such an underhand way. He is proud to say that into that grave went his personal cheque for the full amount.

17-06-2012, 08:53	#1
supergnome Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Isle of Axholme Vehicle: T2, 2.7 TDI 2002 lwb Posts: 955	Priest, Lawyer and Doctor Old miser gathers his lawyer, doctor and priest as he is about to die. He asks each of them to agree to do something important for him after he has died. His relatives he views as feckless and he has no charitable bones in his body. He gives each man a brown envelope containing a third of his life savings - £250,000 each - and says that they are to see that he takes it with him when he dies by putting it into his grave with him. They each reluctantly agree. On the day of the funeral, as the interrment has ended, each man approaches the grave and drops the envelope in before the gravedigger starts to refill the hole. As the 3 have lagged behind to do this, they end up sharing a lift to the wake. In the car the priest breaks down. Confesses to the other two that he took half of the money and gave it to the poor of the parish according to their needs. The Doctor then says he is glad that the priest has confessed because he too saw no sense in money mouldering in the grave, and donated 75% of the money to the local hospital's scanner appeal. The lawyer is disgusted & upbraids the other two for breaking the sacred trust imposed upon them in such an underhand way. He is proud to say that into that grave went his personal cheque for the full amount.