[Fairiedust]

There was a man who had worked all of 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 in the casket with him.
> >
> > Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was
> > sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When
> > they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready
> > to
> > close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!"
> >
> > She had a 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 weren't fool enough to put all
> > that money in there with your husband."
> >
> > The loyal wife replied," Listen, I'm a Christian, I can't go back on
> > my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that
> > 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, he can spend it."
> >