04Mar09

"Did you give the mayor my note?" a man asked of the messenger.
"Yes, sir, but there ain't no use sendin' that man any notes. He's blind as a bat."
"Blind? How do you know? That's news to me."
"Course he's blind. Twice he asked me where my hat was, and there it was in plain sight on my head all the time. Yes, sir, he's blind as a bat!"



As a rule when a man is generous to a fault, it's his own fault he's generous to.