Charity Begins At Home.

The local Oxfam office realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. A local volunteer calls to solicite his donation, saying "our research shows that even though your annual income is over a million pounds, you do not give one penny to charity! Wouldn't you like to give back to your community through The Oxfam network?"

The lawyer thinks for a moment and says: "First, did your research show that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and as the NHS can't treat her has huge medical bills far beyond her ability to pay?"

Embarrassed, the Oxfam rep mumbles, "Uh, no."

"Secondly, that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children?"

The stricken Oxfam rep begins to stammer an apology but is cut off.

"Thirdly, that my sister's husband died in a dreadful traffic accident", the lawyers voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children?"

The humiliated Oxfam rep, completely beaten, says simply, "I had no idea."

The lawyer then says"...and if I don't give any money to THEM, why should I give any to you?"