A team of archaeologists was excavating
in Israel when they came upon a
cave. Written on the wall of the cave
were the following symbols in order
of appearance.
1. A woman
2. A donkey
3. A shovel
4. A fish
5. A Star of David
They decided that this was a unique
find and the writings were at least
more than three thousand
years old. They chopped out the piece of stone
and had it brought to the museum where
archaeologists from all over the
world came to study
the ancient symbols.
They held a huge meeting after months
of conferences to discuss what they
could agree was the meaning of the
markings. The President of their
society stood up and pointed at the
first drawing and said:
"This looks like a woman. We
can judge that this race was family oriented
and held women in high
esteem. You can also tell 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 they
had a famine 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 and the
President smiled and
said, "I'm glad to see that you are all in full
agreement with our interpretations."
Suddenly a little old man stood up
in the back of the room and said, "I
object to every word. The explanation
of what the writings say is quite
simple. First of all, everyone
knows that Hebrews don't read from left to
right, but from right to left... Now,
look again... It now says:
"Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass
On That Woman!"