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tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
17. reminds me of the joke ...
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:00 AM
Jan 2013

An old man with questionable past lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard.

His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over.. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days.
Love, Papa


A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Pop,
Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried.
Love,
Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left.

That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Pop,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love you,
Vinnie



Oh I get it now Kalidurga Jan 2013 #1
Call Geraldo--he can do another "Al Capone's Safe" show... MADem Jan 2013 #5
I just hope he keeps his shirt on... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #6
Say what you want to about Hoffa... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #9
I don't know much about him at all. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #12
He was tight with both the Mob and Richard Nixon starroute Jan 2013 #13
He was tight with Nixon and the mob? Kalidurga Jan 2013 #14
Jimmy took a chemical bath at a GM plant. Just saying... eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #2
How many more "this is where Jimmy Hoffa is really" stories will they be? Botany Jan 2013 #3
Why can't we have some mystery is life? TlalocW Jan 2013 #4
How Does Sean Hannity Function Without A Brain? Mysterious Enough For You? (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #22
Maybe he knows where Judge Crater is? Historic NY Jan 2013 #7
blah, blah, blah, blah... SoapBox Jan 2013 #8
Didn't they dig up someone's yard a few months ago? LeftInTX Jan 2013 #10
Yeah, well, now the perpetrators can go dig him up and bury him somewhere else NBachers Jan 2013 #11
Thanks to you I now have this vision of these 85 year old guys with oxygen tanks trying to jtuck004 Jan 2013 #15
That's not just some "Detroit Man" Matariki Jan 2013 #16
Yup, that's why I posted it! Bozita Jan 2013 #18
reminds me of the joke ... tomm2thumbs Jan 2013 #17
I enjoyed that joke ;-) ReRe Jan 2013 #19
Too funny. I'll be forwarding that one to people. Thanks! n/t Beartracks Jan 2013 #20
Thanks, that's terrific! Bozita Jan 2013 #24
Funny if they dig it up and find Judge Crater. JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #21
This used to happen when Republicans had some news story to hide. Festivito Jan 2013 #23
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