To: john who wrote (365 ) 1/30/1999 6:04:00 PM From: CIMA Respond to of 1650
OT - A little humor (apologies to members of the fairer sex given in advance if necessary, no insults intended): A team of archaeologists was excavating in Israel when they came upon >> a cave. Written on the wall of the cave were the following symbols in > >> order of appearance. >> 1. A woman >> 2. A donkey >> 3. A shovel >> 4. A fish >> 5. A Star of David >> >> They decided that this was a unique find and the writings were more >> than three thousand years old. They chopped out the piece of stone and > >> had it brought to the museum where archaeologists from all over the >> world came to study ancient symbols. They held a huge meeting after >> months of conferences to discuss what they could agree was the meaning > >> of the markings. The President of their society stood up and pointed >> at the >> first drawing and said: >> >> "This looks like a woman. We can judge that this race was family >> oriented and held women in high esteem. You can also tell they were >> intelligent, as the next symbol resembles a donkey, so, they were >> smart enough to have animals help them till the soil. The next drawing > >> looks like a shovel of some sort, which means they even had tools to >> help them. Even further proof of their high intelligence is the fish, >> which means that if they had a famine hit the earth, whereby the food >> didn't grow, they would take to the sea for food. >> The last symbol appears to be the Star of David which means they were >> evidently Hebrews." >> >> The audience applauded enthusiastically and the President smiled and >> said, >> >> "I'm glad to see that you are all in full agreement with our >> interpretations." >> >> Suddenly a little old man stood up in the back of the room and said, >> >> "I object to every word. The explanation of what the writings say is >> quite simple. First of all, everyone knows that Hebrews don't read >> from left to right, but from right to left. Now, look again. It now >> says: >> >> 'Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass On That Woman!'"