Outliving Death

'Nasrudin' and his neighbor were comparing stories of financial ruin.

‘You may be poor, Mulla,’ said the other man, ‘but I owe so much that I shall be unable to repay the amount during my lifetime. My children will soon have to shoulder the burden of my debts and they, in turn, will be unable to pay. And so the debt will remain unpaid until the Angel of Death comes to rip my soul from me.’

‘If I were you,’ suggested 'Nasiruddin', ‘I would stop repayments immediately and hope that the Angel of Death dies first.’