> A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of > ten > million bucks. > His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first > place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that > he > might have to testify about in court. > When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper 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 bookkeeper where the money > is. > The bookkeeper 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 bookkeeper's temple and > says, "Ask him again!" > The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill you if you don't tell > him!" > The bookkeeper 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?
