Planting potatoes !!

[Father writes to his son in jail]

Dear Son,

>I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't

>be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the

>garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just

>getting

>too old to be digging

>up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles

>would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in

>prison.

>Love, Dad

>

>Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "For

>Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the

>GUNS!!"

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and
local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without
finding any guns.
Confused,the old man wrote another note to his son telling him
what happened, and asked him what to do next.
His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your
potatoes, Dad.. It's the best I could do for you from here."