Joke

MR SMITH is on his deathbed and knows the end is near. His nurse, his wife, his daughter and two sons are with him.

He asks for two witnesses to be present and a video camera to record his last wishes. When all is ready, he begins to speak:

‘My son, Bernie. I want you to take the Mayfair houses.

‘My daughter, Sybil, take all of the apartments over in the East End.

‘My son, Jamie, I want you to take the city centre offices.

‘Sarah, my dear wife, take all the residential buildings on the banks of the river.’

The nurse and witnesses are amazed as they did not realise his extensive holdings.

As Mr Smith slips away, the nurse says: ‘Your husband must have been a hard worker to accumulate all this property.’

Sarah replies: ‘property? The idiot had a paper round.’

Brian Gent, Guisborough, N. Yorks.