An investment counselor went out on her own. She was
shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and
pretty soon she realized she needed an in-house
counsel, so she began interviewing young lawyers.
"As I'm sure you can understand," she started off with
one of the first applicants, "in a business like this,
our personal integrity must be beyond question." She
leaned forward.
"Mr. Peterson, are you an *honest* lawyer?"
"Honest?" replied the job prospect. "Let me tell you
something about honest. Why, I'm so honest that my
father lent me fifteen thousand dollars for my
education and I paid back every penny the minute I
tried my very first case."
"Impressive. And what sort of case was that?"
The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted, "He sued
me for the money." |
