Doug Norwood -----Original Message----- From: Vikingjazz@aol.com <Vikingjazz@aol.com> To: ntwk@juno.com <ntwk@juno.com>; TArgenti@aol.com <TArgenti@aol.com>; BOBVL@aol.com <BOBVL@aol.com>; Admiral@ewol.com <Admiral@ewol.com>; Doug_Norwood@prodigy.net <Doug_Norwood@prodigy.net>; GraceRecEx@aol.com <GraceRecEx@aol.com>; Saxfiend52@aol.com <Saxfiend52@aol.com>; Gary_Herzenstiel@hp.com <Gary_Herzenstiel@hp.com>; ILPeters@ewol.com <ILPeters@ewol.com>; Elray13@aol.com <Elray13@aol.com>; KGSax@webtv.net <KGSax@webtv.net>; KBrouwer@city.newport-beach.ca.us <KBrouwer@city.newport-beach.ca.us>; LHIsrael@aol.com <LHIsrael@aol.com>; WaiLingLam@aol.com <WaiLingLam@aol.com>; papajoe@thenuthouse.com <papajoe@thenuthouse.com>; PMVL@aol.com <PMVL@aol.com>; PeteJ311@aol.com <PeteJ311@aol.com>; Lcfpsf@aol.com <Lcfpsf@aol.com>; SWagner@aol.com <SWagner@aol.com>; slim@cadencebuilding.com <slim@cadencebuilding.com>; taylor@sunesis-pharma.com <taylor@sunesis-pharma.com>; ejaigloo@compuserve.com <ejaigloo@compuserve.com>; WKnight958@aol.com <WKnight958@aol.com>; HobbyCraft@aol.com <HobbyCraft@aol.com> Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 10:55 AM Subject: (no subject) >A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told >the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a >parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the property >dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer three months to track down. > After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply >(actual letter): > >> "Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan >> application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. >> While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and >> presented the application, we must point out that you have only >> cleared title to the proposed collateral back to 1803. Before final >> approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title >> back to its origin." >> >> Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows (actual letter): >> >> "Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. >> I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years >> covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated >> person in this country, particularly those working in the property >> area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the U. S. from >> France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our application. >> For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the >> land prior to U. S. ownership was obtained from France, which had >> acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into >> possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a >> sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the >> privilege of seeking a new route to India by the then reigning >> monarch, Isabella. The good queen, being a pious woman and careful >> about titles, almost as much as the FHA, took the precaution of >> securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to fund >> Columbus' expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you know, is the >> emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And God, it is commonly >> accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to >> presume that He also made that part of the world called Louisiana. >> He, therefore, would be the owner of origin. I hope ... you find > His original claim to be satisfactory. >> >> Now, may we have our ... loan?" > > They got it.