Pay Up

A ThirdAger goes to his lawyer and tells him, "My neighbor owes me $500 and he doesn't want to pay up. What should I do?"

"Do you have any proof?" the lawyer asks.

"No, I don't," the man replies.

"OK, then write him a nasty letter asking him for the $1,000 he owes you," says the lawyer.

"But it's only $500," the client insists.

"Precisely. That's what he will reply, and then we will have the proof we need to nail him."

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