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Chesswoman

Apr 11, 2009

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> 'The Obedient Wife'
>
>
> There was a man who had
> worked all his life, had saved all of his
> money, and was a real
> miser when it came to his money.
>
> Just before he died, he
> said to his wife...'When I die, I want you to take all my money and put
> it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife with
> me.'
>
> And so he got his wife
> to promise him,
> with all of her heart,
> that when he died, she would put all of the money into
> the casket with him.
>
> Well, he died. He was
> stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there - dressed in
> black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished
> the ceremony, and just
> before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said,
>
> 'Wait just a moment!'
> She had a small metal
> box with her; she
> came over with the box
> and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down
> and they rolled it away. So her friend said,
>
> 'Girl, I know you were
> not foolish enough to put all that money in there with your husband.'
>
> The loyal wife replied,
> 'Listen, I'm a Christian; I cannot go back on my word. I promised him
> that I was going to put
> that money into the
> casket with him.'
>
>
> You mean to tell me you
> put that money in the casket with him!?!?!?'
>
>
> 'I sure did,' said the
> wife. 'I got it all together, put it into
> my account, and wrote
> him a check.... If he can cash it, then he can spend it.'
>
>
> Send this to every
> clever female you know, and
> to every man who thinks
> they are smarter than women!!!