There was this fellow who worked in a post office whose job it was to process all mail that had illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God.

He thought, "Oh boy, better open this one and see what it's all about." So he opened it and read,

"Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had a hundred dollars in it which was all the money I had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Easter, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?"

The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the others. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars.

By the time he made the rounds, he had collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope and sent over to her. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow, thinking of the nice thing they had done.

Easter came and went, and a few days later came another letter from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened. It read,

"Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was 4 dollars missing. It was no doubt those thieving bastards at the post office."

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

Answers

Ouch!

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

I was referring to someone who would steal from the mail in my header, of course.

LOL

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

Isn't this the reason why kids eventually learn the "truth" about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, etc., that the parents are just so d@mn tired of someone else getting all the credit?

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

NO!

I am Santa Claus! I am the Easter Bunny!

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

And I'm the tooth fairy, Helen. (As long as I don't have to watch the little stinkers yank out their lose baby teeth. Yuck. There was a reason I didn't go into dentistry.)

Barefoot, have you made a house decision? Interest rates are going back up, soon.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

loose. loose. Okay. I'm out of here for the evening.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

thanks for the reminder, meemur. We'll have to get on the refinancing this week.

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

A loose woman going out for the evening. . . LOL!

-- Anonymous, April 07, 2002