An Elderly Gentleman

[A. BOOZER]

An elderly gentleman walked into a jewelry store one Friday afternoon

with a young and very beautiful and shapely blonde on his arm. At the

counter, he told the salesman that he would like to buy a little gift

for his friend, perhaps a nice ring.

The salesman reached into the counter and brought out a diamond ring and

said, "This is a very nice ring. It is priced at $5000."

The old gentleman said, "You don't understand. This young lady is a

very, very special friend of mine, and I'd like to give her something

very, very special as a gift."

The salesman went back to the vault and returned with another, larger

diamond ring. "This one is exceptionally nice," he said, "and the price

is $40,000."

The old gentleman said, "That's more like it. I'll take it. Now, I will

have to give you a check for it, and I know you'll have to verify with

my bank that the check is good, so you do that and I'll pick up the ring

Monday morning."

The salesman said that would be just fine, and the old man and the girl

left the store.

On Monday morning, the old fellow returned to the store, and the

salesman said, "I'm sorry, sir, but your bank told me that there is not

enough money in your account to cover your check."

"I know," the old man said, with a smile. "But would you like to hear

about the week end I had?"