An investment counselor went out on her own.

She was
shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and
pretty soon she realized she needed an in-house
counsel.

So she began interviewing young lawyers.

"As I'm sure you can understand," she started off with
one of the first applicants, "in a business like this,
our personal integrity must be beyond question."

She leaned forward. "Mr. Peterson, are you an *honest*
lawyer?"

"Honest?" replied the job prospect. "Let me tell you
something about honest. Why, I'm so honest that my
father lent me $15,000 for my education and I paid back
every penny the minute I tried my very first case."

"Impressive ... and what sort of case was that?"

The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted, "He sued
me for the money."