Sometimes it’s not how you say it but what you say that is the most important. I am indebted to my friends Patricia and Shayne at The Famous Funnies (subscribe here) for this demonstration of how a lawyer contrived a situation that worked to his advantage.
A lawyer and his wife and 12 children needed to move as his rental agreement was coming to an end but he was having difficulty in finding a new home. When he said he had 12 children, no one would rent a home to him because they believed that the children would destroy the home. He could not say that he had no children, he could not lie, after all, lawyers cannot and do not lie.
So, he had an idea: he sent his wife for a walk to the cemetery with 11 children.
He took the remaining one with him to see homes with the Real Estate Agent. He liked one of the homes and the agent asked, “How many children do you have?”
He answered, “12 children”.
The agent asked, “Where are the others?
The lawyer answered, with a sad look, “They are in the cemetery with their mother”.
And that’s the way he was able to rent a home for his family without lying. The MORAL is: It is not necessary to lie, one only has to choose the right words.
Lawyers don’t lie, they are creative…
Have a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c festive season… Winno
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