An investment counselor decided to go out on her own. She was
shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon
she realized that she needed an in-house counsel. She began to
interview 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. "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 $15,000 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."
