An elderly father in Manchester couldn't dig his own vegetable patch because his son was away in prison.
The father wrote a letter to his son saying:
Dear son, I am so sad you are in prison. I am getting too old to dig the back garden to plant our winter vegetables, and I just don't know what to do without you here to help me.
A few days later, the father received a reply from his son:
Dear Dad, whatever you do, DO NOT dig up the back garden! That is where I hid the stolen money.
At 4:00 AM the next morning, a dozen police officers showed up at the house. They had spades, forks, and sniffer dogs. They tore up the lawn, turned over every inch of the soil, and dug up the entire vegetable patch looking for the cash. Finding nothing, they apologized to the old man and left.
Confused, the father wrote another letter to his son:
Son, the police came with a team and dug up the whole garden. What should I do now?
The son wrote back:
"Now, Dad? Now you can go ahead and plant the potatoes. It was the best I could do from in here!"
The father wrote a letter to his son saying:
Dear son, I am so sad you are in prison. I am getting too old to dig the back garden to plant our winter vegetables, and I just don't know what to do without you here to help me.
A few days later, the father received a reply from his son:
Dear Dad, whatever you do, DO NOT dig up the back garden! That is where I hid the stolen money.
At 4:00 AM the next morning, a dozen police officers showed up at the house. They had spades, forks, and sniffer dogs. They tore up the lawn, turned over every inch of the soil, and dug up the entire vegetable patch looking for the cash. Finding nothing, they apologized to the old man and left.
Confused, the father wrote another letter to his son:
Son, the police came with a team and dug up the whole garden. What should I do now?
The son wrote back:
"Now, Dad? Now you can go ahead and plant the potatoes. It was the best I could do from in here!"