A VERY GANOID APPLICANT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 5 September 1891, Page 356

A VERY GANOID APPLICANT.

A life insurance agent recently received a letter from a man who said he was thinking of taking out a policy, and he asked that a blank be forwarded him. It was returned yesterday, and the following is a specimen of the man’s honesty : * What did your father die of ?’ ‘ Consumption.’ ‘ Your mother ?’ * The same. ’ * Ever bad heart trouble ?’ * Yes, very bad.’ * Lost any brothers or sisters by death, and if so, what did they die of ?’ * Lost five of them, and all died of consumption and heart disease.’ ‘ Do you ever spit blood ’’ * Heaps of times. ’ * Ever had any serious accident ?’ * Yes, had nearly all my bones broken two or three times. * Memory good ?’ ‘No.’ * Sleep well ?’ ‘No.’ ‘ How’s your appetite ?’ ‘ Very poor.’ Several other important questions were answered after the same candid fashion, and the agent will have to write him that there is no life insurance for so truthful a man.