The Greatest Invention

"Chopsticks"*

*A man having lunch at a Chinese restaurant
noticed that the table had been set with forks,
not chopsticks. He asked why.

The waiter said, "Chopsticks are provided only on request."

"But," the man countered, "if you gave your patrons
chopsticks, you wouldn't have to pay someone to
wash all the forks."

"True," the waiter shot back, "but we would have to
hire three more people to clean up the mess."

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"The Greatest Invention"*

*An engineer, a physicist, a mathematician, and a
mystic were asked to name the greatest invention of all times.

The engineer chose fire, which gave humanity
power over matter.

The physicist chose the wheel, which gave humanity
the power over space.

The mathematician chose the alphabet, which gave
humanity power over symbols.

The mystic chose the thermos bottle.

"Why a thermos bottle?" the others asked.

"Because the thermos keeps hot liquids hot in winter
and cold liquids cold in summer."

"Yes -- so what?"

"Think about it." said the mystic reverently. "That little
bottle; how does it know?"
Received on Sun Feb 20 09:40:39 2011