Posted: 4/10/2007 7:47:24 AM EDT
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Walking through San Francisco's Chinatown, a tourist from the Midwest was enjoying the artistry of all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners when he turned a corner and saw a building with the sign "Moishe Plotnik's Laundry." "Moishe Plotnik" he wondered. "How does that belong in Chinatown " He walked into the shop and saw a fairly standard looking dry cleaner, although he could see that the proprietors were clearly aware of the uniqueness of the store name as there were baseball hats, T-shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with the logo "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry." 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. The tourist asked, "Can you explain how this place got a name like 'Moishe Plotnik's Laundry'??? The old man answered, "Ah. ...Evleebody ask me that -- it name of owner." Looking around, the tourist asked, "Is he here?" "It me! It me!" replies the old Chinese man. "Really? You're Chinese. How did you ever get a name like Moishe Plotnik?" "Is simple", said the old man. "Many, many year ago, I come to this Country. I standing in line at Documentation Center of Immigration. Man in front of me was Jewish man from Poland . Lady at counter look at him and say, 'What your name?' He say, 'Moishe Plotnik.' Then she look at me and say, 'What your name?' I say........ (I couldn't resist sending this one, look down for his reply) 'Sem Ting'."!!! |
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I didn't really get it but the missus let out an audible laugh. Too much build up for the punch line, and I didn't really understand the Moishe Plotnik as being jewish at first. 4/10. ETA: Still not as good as the old, "What's better than winning a gold medal in the special olympics" joke... |