10-18-2007, 05:31 PM
Here I come, with a couple of jokes
A lawyer named Strange died, and his friend asked the tombstone maker to inscribe on his tombstone, 'Here lies Strange, an honest man, and a lawyer.'
The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, for passers-by would tend to think that three men were buried under the stone. However he suggested an alternative. He would inscribe, 'Here lies a man who was both honest and a lawyer.'
That way, whenever anyone walked by the tombstone and read it, they would be certain to remark, 'That is Strange.'
A lawyer named Strange died, and his friend asked the tombstone maker to inscribe on his tombstone, 'Here lies Strange, an honest man, and a lawyer.'
The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, for passers-by would tend to think that three men were buried under the stone. However he suggested an alternative. He would inscribe, 'Here lies a man who was both honest and a lawyer.'
That way, whenever anyone walked by the tombstone and read it, they would be certain to remark, 'That is Strange.'