Subject: Archeologists
From: Todd E Van Hoosear (vanhoose@mlss15.cl.msu.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 11:55:49 EDT
[From my friend Kristin.]
A team of archaeologists excavating in Israel came upon a cave. Written
across the cave wall were the following symbols, in this order of
appearance, from left to right: a woman, a donkey, a shovel, a fish, and a
Star of David. It was considered a unique find, and the writings were said
to be at least three thousand years old. The piece of stone was removed
and brought to a museum, and archaeologists from around the world came to
study the ancient symbols.
After months of conferences, the archaeologists held a huge meeting to
discuss the meaning of the markings. The president of the society stood up
and summarized the findings.
Pointing at the first drawing, he began, "This looks like a woman. We can
judge that these people were family-oriented and held women in high
esteem. You can also tell that 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 a famine had 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. Just then, a little old Jewish
man stood up in the back of the room and barked, "Idiots! Hebrew is read
from right to left. It says: 'Holy mackerel, dig the ass on that babe!'"
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"To assume makes an ass out of YOU. Leave ME out of this."
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