joke collection – 163

Why should I???

• A local United Way office realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer.
  
• The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.
  
• "Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity.
  
• Wouldn't you like to give back to the community in some way?"
  
  
• The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?"
  
• Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled, "Um... no."
  
• "-or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"
  
  
• The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology but was interrupted, "-or that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident,"the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"
  
• The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."
  
• On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again: "-so if I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?!?"
  
  
  

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yenny