Re: A few to make you laugh

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

That reminded me of this one:

Tired of constantly being broke, and stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young =
husband decided to solve both problems by taking out a large insurance poli=
cy on his wife (with himself as the beneficiary), and arranging to have her=
 killed.  A "friend of a friend" put him in touch with an underworld figure=
, who went by the name of "Artie". Artie explained to the husband that his =
going price for snuffing out his wife would be $5,000.  The husband said he=
 was willing to pay that amount,but that he wouldn't have money until he co=
uld collect his wife's insurance money.  Artie insisted on being paid SOMET=
HING up front. The man opened up his wallet, displaying a single dollar bil=
l.  Artie sighed, rolled his eyes, and reluctantly agreed to accept the dol=
lar as down payment for the dirty deed.=20

A few days later, Artie followed the man's wife to the local Safeway grocer=
y store. There, he surprised her alone in the produce department, and proce=
eded to strangle her. As the poor woman drew her last breath and slumped to=
 the floor, the manager of the produce department came into the area.  Not =
wanting to leave any witnesses behind, Artie had no choice but to strangle =
the produce manager too. Unknown to Artie, the entire event was viewed on c=
amera by the store's security guard, who immediately called the police.

Artie was caught and arrested before he could leave the store. Under intens=
e questioning at the police station, Artie finally revealed what had happen=
ed, including his financial arrangements with the woman's husband.

The next day the newspaper headline read.

"ARTIE CHOKES TWO FOR A DOLLAR AT  SAFEWAY."