Thursday, January 18, 2007

The United Way realised that it had never received a donation from the Orange County's most successful lawyer, Sydney Carton. So a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office. The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through the United Way?" Sydney thinks for a minute and says, "First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?" Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, "Uh... no, I didn't know that." "Secondly," says Sydney, "my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children." The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again. "Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died in dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children, one of whom is disabled and another that has learning disabilities requiring a huge array of private tutors?" The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, "I'm so sorry, I had no idea." And finally Sydney says, "So... if I didn't give any money to any of them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?"

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, my, doesn't Saddleback have a beginners writing course. If they do Sid, sign up.

Anonymous said...

I do not understand the comment.

Anonymous said...

Ich spreche nicht Deutsches. Ich bin traurig.

Anonymous said...

WTF?

Anonymous said...

funny joke, unfunny comments

Anonymous said...

Anonymous, you are like the kettle calling the pot black.

Are YOU familiar with punctuation? You know, there is a thing you put at the end of a sentence that is a question. It looks like this '?'.

Also, Sid did not write the post...besides, it's 'SYD'!

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