The Bookkeeper

THE DEAF BOOKKEEPER

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated
him out of ten million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was
the reason he got the job in the first place. The Don assumed
that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might
have to testify about in court.

When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million,
he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language. The Godfather tells the
lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is."

The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper
where the money is. The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know
what you are talking about." The attorney tells the Godfather:
"He says he doesn't know what you're talking about." The
Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple
and says, "Ask him again!"

The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill you 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 Enzo's backyard in Queens!

"The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?"

The attorney replies: "He says you don't have the guts to pull the trigger."