The Mafia were looking for a new man to make weekly collections from all the people that they were protecting. Feeling the heat from the police force, they decided to use a deaf person for the job. Using Mafia reasoning, they figured if he were to get caught, he wouldn't be able to communicate to the police what he was doing.

On his first week, the deaf collector picked up well over £25,000. Foolishly, he got greedy and decided to keep the money. He then stashed it in a safe place.

The Mafia soon realized that their collection money was late. The Godfather sent a couple of his toughest hoods after the deaf collector. When the hoods found the deaf collector, they asked him where the money was.

The deaf collector couldn't communicate with them, so the hoodlums dragged the guy to a local interpreter.

The Mafia hood said to the interpreter, "Ask him where da money is."

The interpreter signed, "Where's the money?"

The deaf man replied, "I don't know what you're talking about."

The interpreter told the hood, "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."

The hoodlum pulled out a .38 pistol and placed it in the ear of the deaf collector. "Now ask him where da money is."

The interpreter signed, "Where is the money?"

The deaf man signed, "The £25,000 is in Central Square, hidden in the third tree stump on the left from the Front Street gate."

The interpreter turned to the hood, "He says he still doesn't know what you're talking about and that you don't have the guts to pull the trigger!"