Wisdom

Topics: Jokes, Wisdom.

An angel appears at a faculty meeting and tells the dean that in return
for his unselfish and exemplary behavior, the Lord will reward him with
his choice of infinite wealth, wisdom or beauty. Without hesitating, the
dean selects infinite wisdom.

"Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of
lightning. Now, all heads turn toward the dean, who sits surrounded by a
faint halo of light. At length, one of his colleagues whispers, "Say
something."

The dean looks intently at his colleagues gathered around him and says,
"I should have taken the money."

Betsy Devine and Joel E. Cohen, Absolute Zero Gravity (Simon &
Schuster).