Once upon a time there was an Old Javanese Fisherman. One day he caught a mermaid in his net. When he set her free, she agreed to grant him three wishes. The Fisherman was totally bald, so he wished for a beautiful head of hair. For his second wish, he asked to be fabulously wealthy! And finally, he wished for some hot mermaid lovin'. The next day, the Old Fisherman was surprised to find out that the mermaid wasn't really a mermaid at all! She was actually a happily married merwoman. What's worse, her merhusband found out and he was totally merpissed! The incensed merman challenged the fisherman to a duel. The fisherman, being unable to breathe underwater, lost immediately. The next day, the Old Fisherman's son attended the reading of his father's will. The notary spoke: "``To my son I leave all my worldly possessions, including my hut, my fishing boat, and my fabulous amount of wealth I may accumulate between the writing of this will and my death.'' Unfortunately, the government is taking control of your late father's entire estate. I'm afraid you won't see a penny of it." "But why?"
"Java doesn't allow duel inheritance."
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