A Mafia Godfather & His Deaf Bookkeeper
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper
has cheated him out often million bucks.
His bookkeeper is deaf.
That was the reason he got the job in the firstplace.
It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not
hear anything thathe might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper
about his missing$10 million, he brings along his attorney,
who knowssign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer "Ask him where the
10 million bucks heembezzled from me is.
The attorney, using sign language, asks thebookkeeper
The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you
are talking about."The attorney tells the Godfather:
"He says hedoesn't know what you'retalking about."
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the
bookkeeper's templeand says, "Ask him again!"
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill
you if you don'ttell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The
money is in a brownbriefcase, buried behind the shed
in my cousinEnzo's backyard inQueens!"
The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd hesay?"
The attorney replies: "He says you don't have theguts to
pull thetrigger."
Don't you just love lawyers?
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper
has cheated him out often million bucks.
His bookkeeper is deaf.
That was the reason he got the job in the firstplace.
It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not
hear anything thathe might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper
about his missing$10 million, he brings along his attorney,
who knowssign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer "Ask him where the
10 million bucks heembezzled from me is.
The attorney, using sign language, asks thebookkeeper
The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you
are talking about."The attorney tells the Godfather:
"He says hedoesn't know what you'retalking about."
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the
bookkeeper's templeand says, "Ask him again!"
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill
you if you don'ttell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The
money is in a brownbriefcase, buried behind the shed
in my cousinEnzo's backyard inQueens!"
The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd hesay?"
The attorney replies: "He says you don't have theguts to
pull thetrigger."
Don't you just love lawyers?