The madam of a brothel opened the door to see a well-dressed, dignified man standing at the door. “May I help you?” She asked. “I want to see Penny,” the man replied.
“Well, the madam replied “Penny is one of our most expensive ladies. She charges $1000 per session. Will that be a problem?” “No, I must see Penny,” was the man’s reply.
So Penny comes down and they go up to her room. He gives her the $1000 in cash. After an hour the man calmly leaves.

The next night the same man appeared again, requesting to see Penny. Penny comes down and tells him that no one had ever come back two nights in a row. It was too expensive. And she didn’t offer discounts for return clients. Without hesitation the man pulled out $1000 and gave it to her.

The following night the man showed up again. Everyone was astounded that he had come for the third consecutive night. And again the same scenario played out. After their session Penny was curious and she casually asked the man where he was from. “I’m from South Carolina,” the man replied. “Really?” Penny said, “I have family in South Carolina.” The man replied “ I know. Your father passed away, and I’m your sister’s attorney. To help mitigate some estate taxes she asked me to give you $3000 of your inheritance in cash.

The moral of the story is that three things in life are certain:

1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Being screwed by a lawyer