The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105881   Message #2182970
Posted By: Micca
30-Oct-07 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Want a Lighthouse?
Subject: RE: BS: Want a Lighthouse?
Peter Murphy made his fortune in the stock market and then set off to realie his lifetime ambitions, which were to have a house with a circular library that had a view of the ocean. After many years of spending his summer vacations searching with no success he found at the beginning of this years season that he could not get away to search, so he entrusted his brother Jose to go and look in his stead. they concocted a system of coded telegrams to pass info, so that some smartass wouldnt step in beat them to the draw and then offer the purchase at an inflated price. After several weeks of no word Peter received a telegram reading " Donezerly ME, No luck, no property here meeting spec, old disused Lighthouse for sale is all" he immideately sent a reply " ssb L1" which his brother correctly interpreted as......










" Jose, can't you see, Buy the Donzerly light"