When I grow up...

One day, while his son was away at school, a father went into his boy's room and put a Bible, a silver dollar, and a bottle of whiskey on a bedside table.

"Now then," the man said to himself, "If my son picks up the Bible, he's going to be a preacher, and what a blessing that would be. If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a businessman, and that would be o.k. too. But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a drunkard - a no-good drunkard and Lord, what a shame that would be."

The man hid in the closet. He cracked the door open just a bit when he heard his son come into the room. The young man dropped his school books on the bed and as he turned around to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table. He picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm.

"Ah, a preacher," his father whispered to himself.

But then the boy picked up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket.

"Better yet, a man of business!" the father whispered.

And then the boy uncorked the bottle and took a big drink...

"Lord have mercy," the his dad said with a sigh. "He's gonna be a politician."