From the Oracle...Should have mentioned Lord Brahma

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Hare Krishna.

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A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told

the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a

parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the

property dated back to 1803, which took the lawyer three months to

track down.

 

After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following

reply (actual letter):

 

"Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application,

we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While

we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and

presented the application, we must point out that you have only

cleared title to the proposed collateral back to 1803. Before final

approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title

back to its origin."

 

Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows (actual letter):

 

"Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I

note that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years

covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated

person in this country, particularly those working in the property

area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the U. S. from

France in 1803, the year of origin identified in our application.

For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the

land prior to U. S. ownership was obtained from France, which had

acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain. The land came into

possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a

sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the

privilege of seeking a new route to India by the then reigning

monarch, Isabella. The good queen, being a pious woman and careful

about titles, almost as much as the FHA, took the precaution of

securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to fund

Columbus' expedition. Now the Pope, as I'm sure you know, is the

emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And God, it is commonly

accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to

presume that He also made that part of the world called Louisiana.

He, therefore, would be the owner of origin. I hope ... you find His

original claim to be satisfactory.

 

Now, may we have our ... loan?"

 

They got it.

 

Hare Krishna --

 

your servant, Balarama Dasa