{"id":18297,"date":"2025-04-18T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18297"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:17:10","slug":"a-wealthy-old-man-was-lying-on-his-d-eathbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=18297","title":{"rendered":"A wealthy old man was lying on his d.eathbed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wealthy old man was lying on his d.eathbed when it occurred to him that he had never made a will.<\/p>\n

So, he called his lawyer to help him draft one.<\/p>\n

The next day, the lawyer arrived, and the old man said, \u201cI want 25% of my money to go to charity. After all, I\u2019ve taken so much; I should give something back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow generous of you,\u201d the lawyer replied. \u201cI\u2019ll make sure that happens right away.\u201d
\n\u201cI also want 25% to go to my son. He\u2019s been waiting for the day he could get his hands on my money,\u201d the old man added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, I\u2019ll make sure he gets 25%,\u201d the lawyer responded.
\n\u201cAnd the rest should go to my wife, on the condition that she remarries after I die,\u201d the old man said.
\n\"\"
\nA bit puzzled, the lawyer asked, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll make sure that happens. But may I ask why you want her to remarry? It\u2019s a rather unusual request.\u201d
\nThe old man grinned and said The old man grinned and said,
\n\u201cBecause then at least one man will be truly sorry I\u2019m gone.\u201d \ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n

The lawyer paused\u2026 then burst out laughing.<\/p>\n

And that, my friends, is how to leave behind both a fortune and a punchline. \ud83d\udcbc\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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