Absolutely wonderful! Lauralea Trisler Saddick Harley D. Brown wrote: > My son is a lawyer and writes case law summaries for Lexis-Nexis. He ran across this item in one of the court cases that he was reviewing. I am forwarding it on to the list in hopes that some of you will get a kick out of it as well. > --Harley D. Brown > > The Smiths were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come to > America on the Mayflower and the family included Senators and Wall Street > wizards. The family decided to compile a family history, a legacy for their > children and grandchildren. So the family hired a fine author to put > together all their research notes, only one problem arose - how to handle > great Uncle George, who was executed in the electric chair. The author said > not to worry for he could handle the story tactfully so the book appeared > and it said... > " Great Uncle George occupied a chair of applied electronics at an important > government institution. He was attached to his position by the strongest of > ties, and his death came as a great shock."