Lee's Funnies
Tired of constantly being broke, and stuck in an unhappy
marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems by
taking out a large insurance policy on his wife (with
himself as the beneficiary), and arranging to have her
killed. A "friend of a friend" put him in touch with a
nefarious underworld figure, who went by the name of
"Artie." Artie explained to the husband that his going
price for snuffing out a spouse was $5,000.
The husband said he was willing to pay that amount, but that
he wouldn't have any cash on hand until he could collect his
wife's insurance money.
Artie insisted on being paid SOMETHING up front.
The man opened up his wallet, displaying the single dollar
bill that rested inside. Artie sighed, rolled his eyes, and
reluctantly agreed to accept the dollar as down payment for
the dirty deed.
A few days later, Artie followed the man's wife to the local
Safeway grocery store. There, he surprised her in the
produce department, and proceeded to strangle her with his
gloved hands. As the poor unsuspecting woman drew her last
breath and slumped to the floor, the manager of the produce
department stumbled unexpectedly onto the scene.
Unwilling to leave any witnesses behind, Artie had no choice
but to strangle the produce manager as well. Unknown to
Artie, the entire proceedings were captured by hidden
cameras and observed by the store's security guard, who
immediately called the police. Artie was caught and arrested
before he could leave the store. Under intense questioning
at the police station, Artie revealed the sordid plan,
including his financial arrangement with the hapless
husband.
And that is why, the next day in the newspaper, the headline
declared:
[you're going to hate this]
"ARTIE CHOKES TWO FOR A DOLLAR AT SAFEWAY"
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