A man knows he is dying...

... but doesn't like any of his children or relatives. So he calls together his three best friends: a doctor, a priest, and a lawyer.

"Guys," he says, "I don't want to leave my money to my ungrateful, squabbling children. I'd rather have it buried with me. I'm giving you each an envelope containing $100,000 dollars in cash. My dying wish is that you will agree to put it in my coffin when I'm dead."

The three friends agree to respect the man's wish, and they make a solemn vow to do as he has asked.

Six months pass.

At the funeral, the men gather. The doctor speaks up first. "I know that Bill's last wish was that we put the envelopes in his coffin. However, I have a confession to make. My envelope is not full. The hospital needed a new dialysis machine, so I bought it with $25,000 of Bill's money. It will save countless lives, and we've dedicated a wing of the hospital to his memory. I think he would want it that way."

Then the priest says, "I, too, have a confession to make. My envelope is also not full. The church's homeless shelter needed a new roof last month. It was going to cost $50,000, and we didn't have it, so I used some of Bill's money. We've renamed the shelter after Bill, and it has already helped countless people - I believe he would have wanted it that way."

Then it's the lawyer's turn. He says, "Gentlemen, I'm ashamed of you. This was Bill's final wish! In my envelope is a check for the full amount."