[2311] in Humor
HUMOR: Hurricane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Sat May 16 17:35:05 1998
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 17:28:55 EDT
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From: Amy Beverley Chan & Jeremy David Weiss <slinkie@cyberspace.org>
From: cookie8@accessv.com
A hurricane blew across the Caribbean. It didn't take long for the
expensive yacht to be swamped by high waves, sinking without a trace.
There were only two survivors: the boat's owner Dr. Eskin and its steward
Benny. Both managed to swim to the closest island. After reaching the
deserted strip of land, the steward was crying and very upset that they
would never be found. The other man was quite calm, relaxing against a
tree.
"Dr. Eskin, Dr. Eskin, how can you be so calm?" cried the Benny. "We're
going to die on this lonely island. We'll never be discovered here."
"Sit down and listen to what I have to say, Benny," began the confident
Dr. Eskin. "Five years ago I gave the United Way $500,000 and another
$500,000 to the United Jewish Appeal. I donated the same amounts four
years ago. And, three years ago, since I did very well in the stock
market, I contributed $750,000 to each. Last year business was good again,
so the two charities each got a million dollars."
"So what?" shouted Benny.
"Well, it's time for their annual fund drives. They'll find me," smiled
Dr. Eskin.
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