A very rich miser had three sons; a preacher, a doctor, and a lawyer. When he died, he willed his vast riches to himself, stating that he was “going to take it all with him.” As per the will, his three sons would each get a third of his fortune to place in his coffin at the funeral.
The funeral came and went, with nothing being said about it until a year later, when the three sons were together for a lunch.
The preacher looked to his brothers and with his head hung low, said “I have a confession to make. At father’s funeral, I just couldn’t throw all that money away; especially when there are so many needy in the world. I took ten percent of it and gave it to charity.”
The doctor also hung his head and admitted “I too didn’t place all of the money in his coffin. I took fifty percent of it to build a new hospital.”
The lawyer looked in disgust at his two brothers. “I’m ashamed of you two”, he scolded – “I wrote him a check for the full amount.”
BZ