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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this man.

He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family

when his mother-in-law suddenly died.

He went to make arrangements to get her body back home.

The consulate said it would cost $5,000 to have her shipped.

But he could have her buried right there in Jerusalem

for just $150.

The man thought about it a moment and said,

no, I'd like to have her shipped.

The consulate said, wow, you must have really loved your mother-in-law.

He said, no, it's not so much that.

I just remember a case here years ago where they buried somebody

and on the third day they rose, I can't take that chance.

All right, I have a great mother-in-law.

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