A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him for ten million bucks. This bookkeeper happens to be mute and deaf, so the Godfather brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.
The Godfather asks the bookkeeper, “Ask him, ‘Where is the 10 million bucks you embezzled from me?”
The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the 10 million dollars is hidden.
The bookkeeper signs back, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
The attorney tells the Godfather, “He says he doesn’t know what you’re talking about.”
That’s when the Godfather pulls out a 9 mm pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper’s temple, cocks it and says to the attorney, “Ask him again!”
The attorney signs to the underling, “He’ll kill you for sure if you don’t tell him!”
The bookkeeper signs back, “OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo’s backyard in Queens!”
The Godfather asks the attorney, “Well, what’d he say?”
The attorney replies, “He says you don’t have the guts to pull the trigger.”
via email from Bob Rosen, Sun, 06 Jun 2004 18:19:17 -0500