11-05-2009, 02:47 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Jewish Humor
An older gentleman enters a leatherworker's shop, and asks, "Do you make custom wallets?"
"Yes, sir." The leatherworker says. "What kind would you like?" "Well, this is a little strange. I just retired...." "Congratulations! This is your retirement present to yourself, I take it?" The leatherworker says. "Yes, it is. I spent thirty years working as a mohel [performer of ritual circumcisions]. I had one odd habit, though: I have saved every foreskin that I ever circumcised." He lays a small box on the counter. The leatherworker's jaw drops. "You don't mean that's...." "That's all of them, yes. I want you to make them into a wallet for me." The mohel says. "Oh, I don't think so!" The leatherworker and the mohel argue back and forth a bit, but finally, the mohel says, "I'll pay you a thousand dollars." The leatherworker is taken aback-- that's five times his usual fee. He takes a deep breath and shrugs. "Okay. Give me three weeks." The mohel nods, smiles, and leaves the store. Three weeks later, the mohel returns. "Well?" He asks. The leatherworker unwraps a glossy new wallet. "That will be five thousand dollars." The leatherworker says. "Five thousand! We agreed on one thousand! Why should I pay you five thousand dollars for a wallet?!!" "Where else in the world are you going to get a wallet that turns into a suitcase when you rub it?"
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11-06-2009, 03:10 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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