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The Deaf Bookkeeper...

 supplied by Tom Weir

A mob boss finds out that his bookkeeper has embezzled $10 million.
 The bookkeeper is deaf. It was considered an occupational benefit and
 the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that
 since a deaf bookkeeper would not be able to hear anything, he could
 never testify in court.

 When the mob boss goes to shake down the bookkeeper about his missing
 $10 million, he brings along his attorney who knows sign language.
 
 The mobster asks the bookkeeper: "Where is the 10 million bucks you
 embezzled from me?"

 The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the $10
 million is hidden. The bookkeeper signs back: I don't know what you're
 talking about. The attorney tells the mobster: "He says he doesn't
 know what you're talking about."

 That's when the mobster pulls out a 9 mm pistol, puts it to the
 bookkeeper's temple, cocks it, and says: "Ask him again!" The attorney
 signs to the underling: He'll kill you for sure if you don't tell him!
 The bookkeeper signs back: OK! You win! The money is in a brown
 briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Ernie's backyard in
 Queens!

 The mobster asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?" The attorney
 replies: "He says you don't have the guts to pull that trigger."