A New York attorney representing a wealthy art collector called his client.
“Saul, I have some good news, and I have some bad news”
The art collector replied, “I’ve had an awful day. Give me the good news first.”
The lawyer said, “Well, I met with your wife today, and she informed me that she just invested $5,000 in two pictures that she thinks will bring a minimum of $15 million to $20 million, and I think she could be right.”
Saul replied enthusiastically, “Well done! My wife is a brilliant businesswoman!You’ve just made my day. Now I know I can handle the bad news. What is it?”
The lawyer replied, “The pictures are of you and your secretary.”
But apparently all she wants for Christmas is yew.
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been unable to stop singing songs by Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Perry Como and Bing Crosby. After a while it all got too much so I went to see my doctor.
It was early December, and a cartographer was looking at a map of Costa Rica.
The cartographer noted that the northern part of the country, along the Nicaraguan border, was fairly wide, but the country’s width diminished as it trended southeast. At the border with Panama, it was much narrower.
“Hmm,” mused the cartographer. “It’s beginning to look a lot like Isthmus.”
I wasn’t going to visit my family this December, but my mom promised to make me Eggs Benedict.