There was a
man who had worked all his life, had saved all of his
money, and was a real
miser when it came to his money.
Just before he
died, he said to his wife...'When I die, I want you to take all
my money and put it in
the casket with me. I want to take my money to the
afterlife with
me.'
And so he
got his wife to promise him,
with all of her heart,
that when he died, she would put all of the money into
the casket with
him.
Well, he died.
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there -
dressed in black, and
her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished
the ceremony, and just
before the undertakers got ready to close the casket,
the wife said,
'Wait just a
moment!'
She had a
small metal box with her; she
came over with the box
and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked
the casket down and
they rolled it away. So her friend said,
'Girl, I know you
were not foolish
enough to put all that
money in there with your husband.'
The loyal wife
replied, 'Listen, I'm a
Christian; I cannot go
back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put
that money into the
casket with him.'
You mean to
tell me you put that money in the casket with
him!?!?!?'
'I sure did,'
said the wife. 'I got it all together, put it into
my account, and wrote
him a check.... If he can cash it, then he can spend it.'
man who had worked all his life, had saved all of his
money, and was a real
miser when it came to his money.
Just before he
died, he said to his wife...'When I die, I want you to take all
my money and put it in
the casket with me. I want to take my money to the
afterlife with
me.'
And so he
got his wife to promise him,
with all of her heart,
that when he died, she would put all of the money into
the casket with
him.
Well, he died.
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there -
dressed in black, and
her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished
the ceremony, and just
before the undertakers got ready to close the casket,
the wife said,
'Wait just a
moment!'
She had a
small metal box with her; she
came over with the box
and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked
the casket down and
they rolled it away. So her friend said,
'Girl, I know you
were not foolish
enough to put all that
money in there with your husband.'
The loyal wife
replied, 'Listen, I'm a
Christian; I cannot go
back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put
that money into the
casket with him.'
You mean to
tell me you put that money in the casket with
him!?!?!?'
'I sure did,'
said the wife. 'I got it all together, put it into
my account, and wrote
him a check.... If he can cash it, then he can spend it.'