Strange
A Lawyer Named Strange Died, And His Friend Asked The Tombstone Maker To
Inscribe On His Tombstone, "Here Lies Strange, An Honest Man, And A Lawyer.
Strange
A lawyer named Strange died, and his friend asked the tombstone maker to
inscribe on his tombstone, "Here lies Strange, an honest man, and a lawyer."
The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, for
passersby would tend to think that three men were buried under the stone.
However he suggested an alternative: He would inscribe, "Here lies a man who
was both honest and a lawyer. That way, whenever anyone walked by the
tombstone and read it, they would be certain to remark: "That's Strange!"