A joke with some history to it.

[BASS fisherman]

I got this in my email today and thought yin's would find it funny.

New Orleans lawyer Korene DeBusschere sought an FHA loan for a client who

lost his house in Hurricane Katrina and wanted to rebuild. She was told

the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to the

parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property

dated back to 1803, which took the Lawyer three months to track down.

After sending the information to the FHA, she received the following reply

on 05-04-06:

(Actual letter):

"Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we

note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we

compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the

application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the

proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be

accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin."

The lawyer responded 06-05-06 as follows:

(Actual Letter):

"Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I note

that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years covered by

the present application.

I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly those

working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased,

by the U.S., from France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our

application.

For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land

prior to U.S. ownership was obtained from France, which had acquired it by

Right of Conquest from Spain.

The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in

the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been

granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish

monarch, Isabella.

The good queen, Isabella, being a pious woman and almost as careful about

titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the

Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus ' expedition.

Now the Pope, as I sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the

Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world.

Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of

the world called Louisiana.

God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to

before the beginning of time, before the world as we know it AND before

the FHA.

I hope you find God's original claim to be satisfactory.

Now, may we have our damned loan?"

[senile1]

I like jokes that make a good point.   ;D

[Water Dog]

;D That is a good one  ;D

There has to be an element of truth in a joke for it to be funny and that one certainly brings to mind almost everyone's experience with some governmental entity at one time or other.   ;D

[justfishin]

Thats just too good. That lawyer is my kind of guy.

[sporty]

Actually, this joke with a history has a longer history than current tellers might imagine. It goes back at least to the Depression when a national magazine published it in the guise of a Depression-era farmer trying to get a crop loan.

[HUNTER19]

thats funny!!! ;D

[Nick B]

Jokes that make you think are always better