老人与律师

"That's my business! Get me the course!"

Four days later, the old man got his law degree. His lawyer 

was at his bedside, making sure his bill would be paid.

Suddenly the old man was racked with fits of coughing and 

it was clear that this would be the end. Still curious, the 

lawyer leaned over and said, "please, before it's too late, 

tell me why you wanted to to get a law degree so badly before 

you died?"

In a faint whisper, as he breathed his last, the old man said, 

"One less lawyer . . .