The one about the politics of patronage

A father and son are walking on the beach when suddenly a wave comes and takes the son away. Shocked the father looks up at the sky and says

' God I have been a good man please bring back my son, I will be forever greatful! '

The next second another wave comes and suddenly his son is standing ..alive and in the exact same spot that he was before the first wave hit.

 The father took one look at his son and looked up at the sky and started crying his eyes out and started cursing God..after a minute or so he stopped and he shouted up to the sky and said God you forgot his hat!