Three retired old guys sat on a beach in Palm Beach. “How’d you get here?” the first asked the second.
“I had a textile factory in Passaic,” the second guy replied, “and I did pretty well for a long time. Then the competition from down south got fierce. One day my water pipes burst and ruined all my machinery. I retired and came here on the insurance money. How about you?”
“I had a box company in Bridgeport,” the first guy said, “and was doing pretty well. Then the price of materials shot up, and I nearly went broke-until a fire destroyed my whole plant. Luckily I was insured and I moved down here.” He turned to the third man. “And what brought you here?”
”Well,” the third answered, “My clothing factory in Puerto Rico did okay, but when Far Eastern manufacturers started underselling me, I thought I would go bankrupt. Then a hurricane flattened the building. I got the insurance, retired and came here.”
The other two looked at each other. “How do you make a hurricane?” -Benjamin Stein
One question we will be asked when we come before the Holy One is: "Were you honest in business?"
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