Testamentary troubles

Nusserwanji, 74, instructed his amused solicitor to insert a caveat in his will that should his wife of 45 years, aged 72, remarry, she would stand instantly disinherited; and then stunned the lawyer by instructing that the same clause should apply to his mother, aged 98! Darashaw, a merry widower, willed Rs 30,000 (USD 360) each to his seven nephews and nieces, two crore rupees (USD 240,628) to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, five crores (USD 601,572) each to his two long-time girlfriends who had given him sponge baths when he inexplicably fractured his femur, one crore......



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