Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Bankruptcy Blogs -> Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney Blog

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Bankruptcy

: Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney Blog

A Non-Bankruptcy Joke; on the Other Hand, a Plot Contingency Is A Homeless Guy!

By Joseph McDaniel, Esq.

ADVERTISEMENTS

Normally, I put bankruptcy jokes in this blog when I find them.

But this one surprised me when I made it to the end of the joke, and I figured that if there was a penniless, homeless guy in the joke (as a plot contingency; there's nothing funny about being homeless, by the way), I could pass it off as sort of an insolvency-related joke.

But the real story is that I thought it was a funny gag, and most folks considering bankruptcy in Arizona could use a laugh. So here it is:

A Homeless Man's Funeral

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director
to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or
friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical
man, I didn't stop for directions.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone
and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew
left and they were eating lunch.

I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of
the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out
my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.
I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I
wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and
started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never
seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for
twenty years."

Full post as published by Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney Blog on March 30, 2011 (boomark / email).