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Friday January 26, 2007

Jokes

The ties that bind

An Arab was walking through the Sahara, desperate for water, when he saw something far off in the distance. Hoping to find water, he walked toward the image, only to find Chaim sitting at a card table with a bunch of ties laid out on it.

The Arab asked, “Please, I’m dying of thirst, can I have some water?”

Chaim replied, “I don’t have any water, but why don’t you buy a tie? Here’s one that goes nicely with your robes.”

The Arab replied, “I don’t want a tie, I need water.”

“OK, don’t buy a tie. But to show you what a nice guy I am, I’ll tell you that over that hill there, about four miles, is a nice restaurant. Walk that way, they’ll give you all the water you want.”

The Arab thanked him and walked away towards the hill and eventually disappeared. Three hours later the Arab came crawling back to where Chaim was sitting behind his card table.

Chaim said “I told you, about four miles over that hill. Couldn’t you find it?”

The Arab rasped, “I found it all right. But they wouldn’t let me in without a tie.”

© david minkoff

Clergy chatter

Two 5-year-olds, one Jewish, the other Catholic, are playing in a sandpit. Sean says to David, “Our priest knows more about things than your rabbi!”

To which David replies, “Of course he does, you tell him everything.”

© david minkoff

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