[698] in Humor
HUMOR: Rabbi Humor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Fri Jan 27 15:21:14 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 14:56:05 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 17:16:09 +0000 (GMT)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
From: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: Peter Langston <psl@acm.org>
Forwarded-by: "Henry Cate III" <cate3@netcom.com>
So it seems that these four rabbis had a series of theological
arguments, and three were always in accord against the fourth.
One day, the odd rabbi out, after the usual "3 to 1, majority
rules" statement that signified that he had lost again, decided
to appeal to a higher authority. "Oh, God!" he cried. "I know
in my heart that I am right and they are wrong! Please give me
a sign to prove it to them!"
It was a beautiful, sunny day. As soon as the rabbi finished
his prayer, a storm cloud moved across the sky above the four.
It rumbled once and dissolved. "A sign from God! See, I'm
right, I knew it!" But the other three disagreed, pointing out
that stormclouds form on hot days.
So the rabbi prayed again: "Oh, God, I need a bigger sign to show
that I am right and they are wrong. So please, God, a bigger sign!"
This time four stormclouds appeared, rushed toward each other
to form one big cloud, and a bolt of lightning slammed into a
tree on a nearby hill. "I told you I was right!" cried the rabbi,
but friends insisted that nothing had happened that could not
be explained by natural causes.
The rabbi is getting ready to ask for a *very big* sign, but just
as he says "Oh God..." the sky turns pitch black, the earth shakes,
and a deep, booming voice intones, "HEEEEEEEE'S RIIIIIIIGHT!"
The rabbi puts his hands on his hips, turns to the other three,
and says, "Well?"
"So," shrugged one of the other rabbis, "now it's 3 to 2!"
