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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (97472)	9/6/2002 11:10:42 PM
From: JHP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Goldie Cohen, an elderly Jewish lady from New York, goes to her travel > > > agent. > > > > > > "I vont to go to India." > > > > > > "Mrs. Cohen, why India? It's filthy, much hotter than New York, it's > > > full of poor, dirty people." > > > > > > "I vont to go to India." > > > > > > "But it's a long journey, and those trains, how will you manage? What > > > will you eat? The food is too hot and spicy for you. You can't drink the > > > water. You must not eat fresh fruit and vegetables. You'll get sick: the > > > plague, hepatitis, cholera, typhoid, malaria, God only knows. What will > > > you do? Can you imagine the hospital, no Jewish doctors? Why torture > > > yourself?" > > > > > > "I vont to go to India." > > > > > > The necessary arrangements are made, and off she goes. She arrives in > > > India and, undeterred by the noise, smell and crowds, makes her way to > > > an ashram. There she joins the seemingly never-ending line of people > > > waiting for an audience with the guru. An aide tells her that it will > take > > at > > > > > > least three days of standing in line to see the guru. > > > > > > "Dotz OK." > > > > > > Eventually she reaches the hallowed portals. There she is told firmly > > > that due to the long lines she can only say SIX words to the guru. > > > > > > "Fine." > > > > > > She is ushered into the inner sanctum where the wise guru is seated, > > > ready to bestow spiritual blessings upon his eager initiates. Just > > > before she reaches the holy of holiest she is once again reminded: > > > > > > "Remember, just SIX words." > > > > > > Unlike the other devotees, she does not prostrate at his feet. She > > > stands directly in front of him, crosses her arms over her chest, fixes > > her > > > gaze on his, and says: > > > > > > "Sheldon, It's your mother. Come home!" > > > > >