[3025] in Humor
HUMOR: The Lucky Rabbi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Tue Nov 30 10:46:29 1999
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:44:05 -0500
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: The Oy Vey! <oyveymaster@thedailydose.com>
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:40:43 +0200
>
>**************************
>
>HATS OFF
>
>Once, on a very windy day, a rabbi was on his way to the temple. Suddenly a
>strong gust of wind blew away his fur hat off his head. The rabbi ran
after his
>hat but the wind was so strong it kept blowing his hat farther and farther
away
>to the point where he could not catch up with it. A young man, a gentile,
>witnessing this event and being more fit than the rabbi, ran after the hat,
>caught it and handed it over to the rabbi.
>
>The rabbi was so happy and extremely grateful he gave the man five dollars
and
>put his hand on the man's head and blessed him. The young man was very
excited
>from the tip and from the blessing and decided to go to the racetrack and
spend
>his 5 unexpected dollars.
>
>After the races the young man returns home and recounted his very exciting
day
>at the races to his father. "I arrived at the fifth race," said the young
man,
>"looked at the racing program and saw a horse by the name of 'Top Hat'
running.
>The odds on the horse were 100 to 1... the longest shot in the field. Having
>received the rabbi's blessing and the 5 dollars and thinking of the
rabbi's hat
>and the horse's name being Top Hat I thought this was a message from God,
so I
>bet the entire 5 dollars on this horse. An amazing thing happened, the horse
>that was the longest shot in the field and who did not have the slightest
chance
>to even show came in first by 25 lengths."
>
>"You must have made a fortune," said the father.
>
>"I sure did, but wait, it gets better," replied the son. "On the following
>race, I looked at the program. A horse by the name of Stetson was
running. The
>odds on the horse were 30 to 1. Stetson being some kind of hat and again
>thinking of the rabbi's blessing and his hat, I decided to bet all my
winnings
>on this horse."
>
>"What happened?" asked the excited father.
>
>"The horse Stetson won and I collected big money."
>
>"You mean you brought home all this money?" asked his excited father.
>
>"No," said the son, "I lost it all on the following race. There was a
horse in
>this race named 'Chateau' so I bet all the money on it because the horse
was the
>heavy favorite and the name also means hat in French and it all started
with the
>rabbi's hat. The horse broke down and came in last."
>
>"Hat in French is 'Chapeau' not 'Chateau'. said the father. You lost all this
>money because of your ignorance. Tell me who won the race anyway?"
>
>"A long shot Japanese horse named 'Yamaka'."
>
>
>Source: Ishy58
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