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The Obedient Sicilian Wife

There was an Sicilian immigrant man who had worked all his life, had saved
all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.

Just before he died, he said to his Sicilian wife... "When I die, I want you to
take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money
to the after-life with me."

And so he got his wife to promise him, with all of her heart, that when he died,
she would put all of the money into the casket with him.

Well, he died. He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there -
dressed in black (what else?), and her best friend was sitting next to her.

When they finished the ceremony, and just before the undertaker got ready to
close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a moment!"

She had a small metal box with her; she came over with the box and put it into
the casket. Then the undertaker locked the casket down and they rolled it away.

So her friend said, "Girl, I know you were not fool enough to put all that money
in there with your husband."

The loyal wife replied, "Listen, I'm a Sicilian Catholic and I cannot go back on
my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money into the casket
with him."

"You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him?"

"I sure did," said the wife, "I got it all together, put it into my account. I wrote
him a check.... If he can cash it, then he can spend it." AMEN!
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