Why do you buy Pravda?

Every morning a man would come up to the newspaper stand, and buy a copy of Pravda, look at the front page and then toss it angrily into the near-by bin.

The newspaper-seller was intrigued.

'Excuse me,' he said to the man, 'Every morning you buy a copy of Pravda from me and chuck it in the bin without even opening it. What do you buy it for?'

'I'm only interested in the front page,' replied the man. 'I'm looking out for a death notice.'

'But you don't get death notices on the front page,' said the newspaper-seller, taken aback.

'I assure you, the death notice I'm looking for will be on the front page.'

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