As far back as he could remember, his mother would tell people how late he was as a baby.
He was always late getting up. He was always late getting to school. He arrived late for his first interview. He so often got to work late. He was invariably late getting home. On the day of his wedding, he was late. When his son got married, he arrived late. When his daughter-in-law gave birth to his grandson, he was late.
Now, it just so happened that he had a sizable investment, but it hadn’t been going anywhere. He had intended to sell off all his shares in the company, but didn’t get around to it. The following day he logged on to do just that. That is when he found that the market had gone wild overnight. His investment had increased by more than seven hundred per cent!
Thank heavens I was late, he thought.
