Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 18:03:07 -0400
"A Father To Many?"
An old Jewish man was once on the subway, and
he sat down next to a younger man. He noticed
that the young man had a strange kind of shirt collar.
Having never seen a priest before, he asked the
man, "Excuse me sir, but why do you have your
shirt collar on backwards?"
The priest became a bit flustered but politely
answered, "I wear this collar because I am a Father."
The Jewish man thought a second and responded,
"Sir I am also a Father but I wear my collar front-
ways. Why do you wear your collar so differently?"
The priest thought for a minute and said, "Sir, I
am the Father for many."
The Jewish man quickly answered, "I am the Father
of many, too. I have four sons, four daughters and
more grandchildren than I can count. Still, I wear
my collar just like everybody else. Why do
you wear it your way?"
The priest who was beginning to get exasperated
thought and then blurted out, "Sir, I am the Father
to hundreds of people."
The Jewish man was taken aback and was silent
for a long time. As he got up to leave the subway
train, he leaned over to the priest and said, "Er...
Mister, maybe you should wear your pants backwards."
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"Father's Wisdom"
A young woman brings her fiance home to
meet her parents. After dinner, her mother
tells her father to find out about the young
man, so the father invites the fiancee to his
study for a drink.
"So what are your plans?" the father asks
the young man. "I am a Torah scholar," he
replies. "A Torah scholar. Hmmm," the father
says. "Admirable, but what will you do to
provide a nice house for my daughter to live
in, as she's accustomed to?"
"I will study," the young man replies, "and
G-d will provide for us."
"And how will you buy her a beautiful
engagement ring, such as she deserves?"
asks the father. "I will concentrate on my
studies," the young man replies, "G-d will
provide for us."
"And children?" asks the father. "How will
you support children?"
"Don't worry, sir, G-d will provide," replies the
fiance. The conversation proceeds like this,
and each time the father questions, the
young idealist insists that G-d will provide.
Later, the mother asks, "How did it go, Honey?"
The father answers, "The bad news is, he has
no job and no plans. However, the good news
is he thinks I'm G-d."
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On The Name of G-d
NOTE for the curious ones: I do not spell out the name
of G-d out of respect to the Deity and not for any other
reasons. I don't do it to please anybody; I do it for myself.
I may be The Joke Mistress who occasionally makes fun
of the Deities, but I remain a deeply spiritual person.
For additional explanation, see
http://www.ladyhawk.com/jan9.html
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