A father told his three sons when he sent them to the university: "I feel it's my duty to provide you with the best possible education, and you do not owe me anything for that. However, I want you to appreciate it; as a token, please each put $1,000 into my coffin when I die."
And so it happened.
The sons became a doctor, a lawyer, and a financial planner, each very successful financially.
When they saw their father in the coffin one day, they remembered his wish.
First it was the doctor who put ten $100 bills onto the chest of the deceased.
Then came the financial planner, who put a $1,000 bill there, too.
Finally, it was the heartbroken lawyer's turn. He dipped into his pocket, took out his chequebook, wrote a check for $3,000.
He put it into his father's coffin, and took the $2,000 cash EricT
Now at the age where I know I like girls but can't remember why!
Not many people know this, but cold-drawn copper wire, used by electricians the world over, was actually invented by two Scottish lawyers disputing ownership of a bawbee.
Younger viewers may need to know that a bawbee was known in less civilised countries as a ha'penny or halfpenny.
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