An investment counselor went out on her own. She
was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in.
Pretty soon she realized she needed an in-house counsel,
and so she began interviewing young lawyers.
"As I'm sure you can understand," she started
off with one of the first applicants, "in a business
like this, our personal integrity must be beyond
question."
She
leaned forward and continued, "Mr. Peterson, are you
an 'honest' lawyer?"
"Honest?" replied the job prospect. "Let
me tell you something about honest. Why, I'm so honest
that my father lent me fifteen thousand dollars for my
education and I paid back every penny the minute I tried
my very first case."
"Impressive. And what sort of case was that?"
The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted,
"He sued me for the money."
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