A shadchan was praising to a young man the charms of a young lady he was recommending to his notice. ‘She is young, beautiful and rich,’ he declared. ‘Only,’ he admitted, ‘she has one blemish. She is lame in one leg.’
‘I am sorry, there is nothing…’
‘But listen! Suppose you marry someone else. One day your wife slips on the stairs and breaks her leg. You have nothing but expense. You send for the doctor, there is an X-ray examination, perhaps she has to go to a nursing home, then there are a few weeks of convalescence in an expensive hotel at the seaside, you have to hire a housekeeper to look after you all that time – there is no end to the expense. Take this girl and look what you save!” –Friday Nite Book
Moral. Be happy and do not look over your shoulder.
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