A wealthy Arab Sheik was admitted to hospital for heart surgery but, prior to the surgery, the doctors needed to store his type of blood in case the need arose, as the gentleman had a rare type, it couldn’t be found locally, so the call went out.
Finally a Scotsman was located who had a similar blood type. He willingly donated his blood for the Sheik. After the surgery, the Arab sent the Scotsman, in appreciation for his giving his blood to help save his life, a new BMW, a 5-carat diamond and $50,000.
A couple of days later, the Arab had to go through a corrective surgery. The hospital telephoned the Scotsman who was more than happy to donate more of his blood.
After the second surgery, the Arab sent the Scotsman a thank-you card and a box of Black Magic chocolates.
The Scotsman was shocked that the Arab did not reciprocate his contribution as he had before.
He phoned the Arab and asked him: “I thought you would be generous again, that you might give me another BMW, diamonds and money… but you only gave me a thank-you card and a box of cheap chocolates.
To this the Arab replied: “Aye laddie, but I’ve Scottish blood in me veins now.”