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From: "Betty Sullivan" <>
Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Chat
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:51:10 -0800
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Max,
That's a pretty bad pun, but I have to admit I fell for it.
Betty Sullivan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Colgrove" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:51 PM
Subject: [MA-MENDON] Chat


> I copied this from another list. I hope you enjoy it. It makes a
good
> point.
>
>
> Walking through San Francisco's Chinatown, a tourist from the
Midwest
> was fascinated with all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and
banners.
>
> He turned a corner and saw a building with the sign "Moishe
> Plotnik's Chinese Laundry."
>
> "Moishe Plotnik?" he wondered. "How does that fit in Chinatown?"
>
> So he walked into the shop and saw a fairly standard looking
Chinese
> laundry.
>
> He could see that the proprietors were clearly aware of the
uniqueness of
> the
> name as there were baseball hats, T-Shirts and coffee mugs
emblazoned with
> the logo "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry."
>
> There was also a fair selection of Chinatown souvenirs, indicating
that the
> name alone had brought many tourists into the shop.
>
> The tourist selected a coffee cup as a conversation piece to take
back to
> his office. Behind the counter was a smiling old Chinese
gentleman who
> thanked him for his purchase in English, thickly accented with
Chinese.
>
> The tourist asked, "Can you tell me how this place got a name like
"Moishe
> Plotnik's Chinese Laundry?"
>
> The old man answered, "Ahh... Everybody ask that. Is name of
owner."
>
> Looking around, the tourist asked, "Is he here now?"
>
> "He is right here," replied the old man. "He is me."
>
> "Really? How did you ever get a name like Moishe Plotnik?"
>
> "Is simple," said the old man. "Many, many year ago when come to
this
> country, was stand in line at Documentation Center. Man in front
is Jewish
> gentleman from Poland. "Lady look at him and say, 'What your
name?'
>
> "He say, 'Moishe Plotnik.'
>
> "Then she look at me and say, 'What your name?' "I say, 'Sam
Ting.'"
>
>
> If you read the "sam ting" before, please forgive.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Max
>
>
>
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