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I
was feeling a little nosey, so I thought I would look in on you and see if
you are sitting at your computer...
Yup, there you are!
The
Jewish Samurai
There once was a
powerful Japanese emperor who needed a new chief samurai. So
he sent out a declaration throughout the entire known world that he was
searching for a chief.
A year passed, and only three people applied for the very demanding position: a
Japanese samurai, a Chinese samurai, and a Jewish samurai.
The emperor asked the Japanese samurai to come in and demonstrate why he should
be the chief samurai. The Japanese samurai opened a
matchbox, and out popped a bumblebee. Whoosh! went his sword. The bumblebee dropped dead, chopped in half.
The emperor exclaimed, "That is very impressive!"
The emperor
then issued the same challenge to the Chinese samurai, to come in and
demonstrate why he should be chosen. The Chinese
samurai also opened a matchbox and out buzzed a fly. Whoosh,
whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The
fly dropped dead, chopped into four small pieces.
The emperor exclaimed, "That is very impressive!"
Now the emperor turned to the Jewish samurai, and asked him to demonstrate why
he should be the chief samurai. The Jewish Samurai
opened a matchbox, and out flew a gnat. His flashing
sword went Whoosh! But
the gnat was still alive and flying around.
The emperor, obviously disappointed, said, "Very ambitious, but why is
that gnat not dead?"
The Jewish Samurai just smiled and said, "Circumcision is not meant to
kill."