A ship commander was approached by a smuggler who wanted the captain to assist
him in smuggling some contraband to a foreign port. The smuggler was to implement
a cunning plan worked out by the mafia to smuggle some goods aboard war ships
not subject to customs inspection.
The smuggler started by offering the captain $ 5,000, then $ 10,000 and then
$ 15,000. At this moment captain whipped off his pistol and ran the smuggler
off. When asked by his executive why he did it he explained: "The guy was
getting close to my price!"