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About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Indians had to leave. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Indian community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a debate with a member of the Indian community. If the Indian won, the Indians could stay. If the Pope won, the Indians would leave. The Indians realized that they had no choice. So they picked a middle aged man named Santu to represent them. Santu asked for one addition to the debate. To make it more interesting, neither side would be allowed to talk. The Pope agreed.
The day of the great debate came. Santu and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers, Santu looked back at him and raised one finger. The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Santu pointed to the ground where he sat. The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. Santu pulled out an apple. The Pope stood up and said, “I give up. This man is too good. The Indians can stay.”
An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what had happened. The Pope said, “First I held up three fingers to represent the trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to all religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?
Meanwhile, the Indian community had crowded around Santu. “What happened?” they asked. “Well” said Santu , “First he said to me that the Indians had three days to get out of here. I told him that not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared of Indians. I let him know that we were staying right here.” “Yes, yes,.. and then???” asked the crowd. I don’t know”, said Santu , “He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!”
Dear Vance and Tom,
This is a good one! 😀
I’ve heard another version where the
“Indians” were replaced by “Jews” and the Jewish representative was a lowly janitor.
Enjoy the weekend!
Roca
Yeah, thanks Vance. By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask, what are those letters under your face in your picture? It looks like a mug shot. Is there something you’re not telling us??
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Linda I believe I told you that it was a mug shot, didn’t I?
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In reality it is from an I I. D. I have to have with me at work. It has somehting to do with the level of security on base, I am not sure what exactly. I have this thing for increasing levels validity, so if I have a photo that is an official ID also noone can say 100 years from now, “that could be the photo of anyone.” How do you prove it is YOUR ancestor? Well if it is an official ID it has the name on it. Altho the rest of the ID isn’t in that photo I do have it scanned.
If anyone works as a civillian on a military instillation, perhaps they can tell you what the letters stand for. As I said it has somehting to do with the level of security on the base.
Vance
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