Thursday, August 6, 2009

The Smart Lawyer

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his book-keeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks. His book-keeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place.

It was assumed that a deaf book-keeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court.

When the Godfather goes to confront the book-keeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language .

The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is." The attorney, using sign language, asks the book-keeper where the money is.

The book-keeper signs back: "I don't know what you are talking about."

The attorney tells the Godfather: "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."

The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the book-keeper's temple and says, "Ask him again!"

The attorney signs to the book-keeper: "He'll kill you if you don't tell him!"

The book-keeper signs back: "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens !"

The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?"

The attorney replies: "He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."

Don't you just love lawyers?