It’s True, The Meek Are Refusing To Inherit The Earth

Apparently, the rumors circulating on twitter earlier this week are true… the meek have refused to inherit the earth.

In a press conference given today, Benson C. Farnhorst, attorney for various meek associations, made the announcement.

When asked why his clients had made this momentous decision, Farnhorst said: “After careful consideration, my clients felt it would not be in their best interests to inherit the earth.”  He went to explain their reasons: “There are problems with a large number of the current tenants, there are various toxic waste issues in some areas that would be horrendously expensive to clean up, there may be unfixable problems with the heating/cooling system, and apparently one of the properties has a lien of some ten trillion dollars.”

“Sometimes your best deal is to walk away from the deal,” Farnhorst said.

To achieve a negation of the inheritance process, the meek need only file a “qualified disclaimer” document, which is legally the same as saying they never owned the property.  It gives them no rights to assign ownership elsewhere, as the earth would in that case become “intestate” and the assets would be inherited by the next person or legal entity in line of succession of entitlement, as deemed proper by a probate judge.

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