Bilingual Lawyer
A Mexican bandit made a specialty of crossing the Rio Grande from time to time
and robbing banks in Texas. Finally, a reward was offered for his capture, and
an enterprising Texas Ranger decided to track him down.
After a lengthy search, he traced the bandit to his
favorite cantina, snuck up behind him, put his trusty six-shooter to the bandit's
head, and said, "You're under arrest. Tell me where you hid the loot or I'll
blow your brains out."
But the bandit didn't speak English, and the Ranger
didn't speak Spanish. Fortunately, a bilingual lawyer was in the saloon and translated
the Ranger's message. The terrified bandit blurted out, in Spanish, that the loot
was buried under the oak tree in back of the cantina.
"What did he say?" asked the Ranger. The
lawyer answered, "He said 'Get lost, you turkey. You wouldn't dare shoot
me.'"
The Irish Nun
The 98-year-old Mother Superior from Ireland was dying. The nuns
gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable.
They gave her some warm milk to drink but she refused. Then one of
the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of
Irish whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened and
poured a generous amount into the warm milk.
Back at Mother Superior's bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother
drank a little, then a little more and before they knew it, she had
drunk the whole glass down to the last drop.
"Mother," the nuns asked with earnest, "please give us some wisdom
before you die."
She raised herself up in bed and with a pious look on her face said,
"Don't sell that cow."
Bringing The Dead
George went on a vacation to the Middle East with his family, including his mother-in-law.
During their vacation in Jerusalem, George's mother-in-law died. With the death
certificate in his hand, George went to the American Consulate Office to make
arrangements to send the body back to the United States for a proper burial. The
Consul told George that to send the body back to the United States for burial
is very, very expensive. It could cost him as much as $5,000.00. The Consul told
him, in most cases the person responsible for the remains normally decides to
bury the body here in Jerusalem. This would only cost him $150.00. George thinks
for some time and answers, "I don't care how much it will cost to send the
body back, that's what I want to do." The Consul says, "You must have
loved your mother-in-law very much considering the difference in price".
"No, it's not that," says George.
"You see, I know of a case many, many years ago of a man that was buried
here in Jerusalem. On the third day he arose from the dead! I just can't take
that chance!
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