[lfjokes] The Post Office

[Simondo]

A man worked in a post office.  His job was to process all mail that had
illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in a
shaky handwriting to God. 

He thought, "I better open this one and see what it's all about."
So he opened it and it read,  

         "Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow living on a very small
pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse.  It had a hundred dollars in it
which was all the money I had until my next pension check.  Next Sunday is
Easter, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that
money, I have nothing to buy food with.  I have no family to turn to, and
you are my only hope.  Can you please help me?"

The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all
the others. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few
dollars. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected 96 dollars, which 
they put into an envelope and sent over to her. 

The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice
thing they had done.  Easter came and went, and a few days later came
another letter from the old lady to God.  All the workers gathered around
while the letter was opened.  It read, 

         "Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for
me?  Because of your generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for my
friends.  We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful
gift.  By the way, there was 4 dollars missing.  It was no doubt those
thieving bastards at the post office."