Joke

Mr. Greenberg was an illiterate immigrant, but he worked hard,saved his pennies, and started a small business. It did well,and soon he had enough money to send for the wife andchildren. The work kept him very busy, so he never had time tolearn to write, but the bank was happy to do business with him,even though his signature consisted of two X's.

He prospered, he opened more stores, the kids were transferredto private schools, the family moved into a fancy house (withone staircase going nowhere just for show)...you get the idea.One day his banker, Mr. Smith, asked him to drop by.

"So vat's the problem?" Greenberg asked, a bit anxiously.

Smith waved a bunch of checks at him. "Perhaps nothing," hesaid, "but I wanted to be on the safe side. These recent checksof yours are all signed with 3 X's, but your signature of recordhas just 2."

Greenberg looked embarrassed. "I'm sorry about makingtrouble," he said, "but my vife said that since I'm now such ahigh class rich guy, I should have a middle name!"