There was a man, who had worked all his life, had saved all of his money, & was a real miser when it came to spending it.
Just before he died, he said to his wife,"When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I worked for it, it's mine and I want to take it to the afterlife with me."
And so he got his wife to promise him, with all of her heart, that when he died, she would put all of his money into the casket with him.
Well, he died.
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there - dressed in black, and her friend was sitting next to her.
When they finished the ceremony, and just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said,
"Wait just a moment!"
She had a small metal box with her; she came over with the box and put it into the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and they rolled it away.
Her friend sitting with her said, "Girl, surely you were not foolish enough to put all that money in there with your husband?."
The loyal wife replied, "Listen, I'm an obedient wife and that was my
dear husband's last wish; I cannot go back on my word. I promised him that I would put all his money into the casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you buried all that money in the casket !?!?!?"
"I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account, and wrote him a cheque.... If he can cash it, then he can spend it!"
