A Catholic, a Protestant, and a Jew were speaking to a friend who had been given six months to live by the doctor.

“What would you do,” the man asks the Catholic, “if you were given six months to live?” “Ah!” said the Catholic. “I would give all my possessions to the church, receive communion every Sunday, and say my Hail Mary regularly.” “And you?” he asks the Protestant. “I would sell everything, go on a cruise around the world, and have a great time!” “And you?” he asks the Jew. “Me? I would go get a second opinion from another doctor.” That’s cleverness!

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]