The Deaf Bookkeeper
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has screwed him for ten
million bucks. This bookkeeper is deaf. It was considered an occupational
benefit, and why he got the job in the first place, since it was assumed that a
deaf
bookkeeper would not be able to hear
anything he'd ever have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to shakedown the bookkeeper about his missing $10
million bucks, he brings along his attorney, who knows language. The Godfather
asks the bookkeeper: "Where is the 10 million bucks you embezzled from me?"
The
attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the 10 million
dollars is hidden. The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you are
talking
about." The attorney tells the Godfather: "He says he doesn't know what you're
talking about." That's when the Godfather pulls out a 9 mm pistol, puts it to
the bookkeeper's temple, cocks it, and says: "Ask him again!"
The attorney signs to the underling: "He'll kill you for sure if you don't
tell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase,
buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens!"
The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?" The attorney
replies: "He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."
Best--Michael Oritt
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