A Hindu fakir, a rabbi, and a politician, thrown together by circumstance, are traveling through the Midwest. Night is approaching, the temperature is falling, and no motel is in sight, so they stop at a farmhouse to ask for shelter for the night. The farmer says they are welcome, but he has a large family and only room for two of them, so one will have to sleep in the barn.
The rabbi says he will go to the barn, so everyone settles in for the night.
After a short while, there is a knock at the door. The farmer opens the door and there stands the rabbi. “I am sorry,” he says. “There is a pig in the barn and I cannot spend the night under the same roof as a pig.”So the fakir volunteers to take his place and everyone settles down again.
After a short while, there is a knock at the door. The farmer opens the door and there stands the fakir.“I am sorry,” he says. “There is a cow in the barn and I cannot spend the night under the same roof as a cow.”
So the politician volunteers to take his place and everyone settles down again.
After a short while, there is a knock at the door. The farmer opens the door…
…and there stand the cow and the pig.
5 comments:
I love it.
Hey, I know!
Change the location to heaven.
Proceed with story, only the actors are reporting to Saint Peter.
Ta Da...
The politician is Teddy Kennedy.
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So big deal, he makes it the Pearly Gates.
For heaven's sake, it's just a joke, Ma.
Brilliant!
Wouldn't the politician just accuse the farmer of being a 'racist' by owning such politically incorrect animals and then seize his farm and property?
As eecummings put it, "a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man."
I've heard a variation on that one regarding a Frenchman, a Ukrainian, and an Englishman who bet each other who could stay in a pig pen the longest.
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