Be Careful How You Ask.
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of
ten million dollars.
His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first
place.
It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he
might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10
million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer 'Ask him where the 10 million bucks he
embezzled from me is.'
The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper.
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.'
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple
and says, 'Ask him again!'
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: 'He'll kill you 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 balls to pull the
trigger.'
