The Honest Lawyer
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Ah Fu, a senile old man is told that he had a week to live.
As the funeral preparations were made, he called his 3 closest friends- a priest, a doctor and a lawyer to his death bed.
Upon seeing them, he handed them a red packet each - with $10K in each of them.
Ah Fu: "Friends, what I'm worried now is that I might not have enough to spend in my afterlife. Therefore, I would like to bring all this money along with me. However, I do not trust the Undertakers to place this money in my coffin. will the 3 of u put this money in my coffin just as I'm about to be cremated?
Although it is obviously a weird request, the 3 friends promised to do so.
A week later, all 3 friends kept their word and placed the red packets in the coffin before the old man was cremated.
As they walked to the bus stop, the priest suddenly burst out in tears. The 2 men were puzzled and questioned his outburst.
Priest: "I must confest, I took some of the money- it would be of better use to fund a mission to Congo!- there is only $5000 left in my packet! "
Feeling guilty, the doctor said : "I must confess too that I donated some money to the NKF..there's only $3000 left in my packet! "
The Lawyer shook his head and scolded: "Shame on the both of u! U had broken your promise to your dead friend! Why, I had returned him the full amount of 10k!"
The 2 friends were awed by his honesty.
Doctor: Really? All 10 thousand dollars in cash? U are such an honest man!
Lawyer: Dun be silly! It is so unsafe for a man to walk around with so much cash! I simply wrote him a cheque! "
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saw it in TNP the other day..
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This is funny.
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i wonder if he can cash out the money down there.
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hahahaha
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win win situation.
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I think the title put up by the threadstarter has a grammatical error.
'lawyer' and 'honest' cannot be put in the same sentence. -
its just a title in joke forum. so grammer errors neber mind 1.Originally posted by Dogtor:I think the title put up by the threadstarter has a grammatical error.
'lawyer' and 'honest' cannot be put in the same sentence. -
So how should it be? and why leh.Originally posted by Dogtor:I think the title put up by the threadstarter has a grammatical error.
'lawyer' and 'honest' cannot be put in the same sentence.
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It's a grammatical rule: Honest is never before a lawyer unless prefixed by dis-, can come after lawyer when articulated with not; as in 'The lawyer was not honest'. Didn't they teach you that in grammar school??Originally posted by whereismyrib:So how should it be? and why leh.
Or did you mean honest should not be associated with lawyer?
Rules also taught in S'pore grammar school:
Political parties, MPs, Ministers, Civil service cannot be put in the same sentence as good.
For example, The MP for Chua Chu Kang is very good. (WRONG)
The correct positive affirmative sentence construction should be a double negative as in : 'The MP for Chua Chu Kang is not bad.'
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No leh.Originally posted by Dogtor:It's a grammatical rule: Honest is never before a lawyer unless prefixed by dis-, can come after lawyer when articulated with not; as in 'The lawyer was not honest'. Didn't they teach you that in grammar school??
Rules also taught in S'pore grammar school:
Political parties, MPs, Ministers, Civil service cannot be put in the same sentence as good.
For example, The MP for Chua Chu Kang is very good. (WRONG)
The correct positive affirmative sentence construction should be a double negative as in : 'The MP for Chua Chu Kang is not bad.'
Typically, followed by 'but ....'
My English is not that good.
What other occupations that does not allow the word Honest to be in front?
Do you have any recommended websites for me to learn these?
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Originally posted by whereismyrib:Do you have any recommended websites for me to learn these?
www.goodenglish.org.sg -
Honest used car dealer - is a contradiction in terms, therefore wrong.Originally posted by whereismyrib:No leh.
My English is not that good.
What other occupations that does not allow the word Honest to be in front?
Do you have any recommended websites for me to learn these?
An honest fish-monger during Chinese New Year - is an oxy-moron
President Bush spoke honestly, "There are Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq."
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