> On 30 Mar 2018, at 21:26, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> It's all Greek to me. > > Why is this different from all other nights?
That's better than the original joke! > >> >> G >> — >> No more bewildered than usual. >> >>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Larry Colen<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I got this from a friend on facebook... >>> >>> If I only shared the Russian version below, the joke would only be >>> accessible to a small fraction of my friends; with my loose translation, >>> hopefully it’s accessible to a fraction more :) have a good chuckle, and a >>> good day! >>> *** >>> Bill Gates announced a contest for a vacant spot of CEO at >>> “Microsoft-Europe”. 5000 people showed up for the interview in a huge hall. >>> Among the attendees, there was Moris Cohen, a Sephardic Jew from Paris. >>> >>> Bill Gates warmly thanked the attendees, then asked everyone who didn’t >>> know Java to leave the room. 2000 people got up and left. Moris Cohen >>> thought, “I don’t know Java, but what would I lose if I stayed?” >>> >>> Then Bill Gates asked that everyone who didn’t have experience managing >>> groups of more than 100 people to leave the room. 2000 more people left the >>> room. Moris Cohen thought, “I don’t have that experience, but what would I >>> lose if I stayed?” >>> >>> Then Bill Gates asked everyone who didn’t graduate their university cum >>> laude, to leave the room. 500 people left the room. Moris Cohen thought, “I >>> dropped out of school when I was 15, but what would I lose if I stayed?” >>> >>> Then Bill Gates asked everyone who wasn’t fluent in Serbian and Croatian to >>> leave the room. 498 more people left. Moris Cohen thought, “I don’t know >>> these languages, but what would I lose if I stayed?” >>> >>> After that, only him and one other attendee were left in the room. Bill >>> Gates approaches them and said, “I see, only you two are fluent in Serbian >>> and Croatian. I’d like to hear you communicate in them.” >>> >>> Without flinching an eye, Moris Cohen turned to the other candidate and >>> said, “Ma nishtanah halailah hazeh mikol haleilot?” >>> >>> To which, without hesitation, the other candidate replied, “Sheb’khol >>> haleilot anu okhlin hametz umatzah; halailah hazeh, kuloh matzah.” >>> >>> Hag Sameah to all who celebrate! >>> -- >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
