loan-shark laughter...
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One day an Italian wholesale distributor of herbs received a shylock loan from a mafioso.

The following week his loan collector walked in to pick up the first payment, when the businessman informed him that he didn’t have his money.

Upon hearing this, the collector began cursing and threatening the vendor, and, of course, the frightened businessman, now scared out of his wits, started pleading for his life, asking, “Please sir, please give me one more week to get your money.”

But the heartless thug responded, “No! Get me my money because your thyme is up!”