Michael's Musings

August 18, 2011

Walking through San Francisco 's Chinatown, a tourist  from the Midwest was enjoying the artistry of all the  Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners.  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 dat.  It name of owner."

Looking around, the tourist asked, "Is he here now?"

"It me!  Me him!" replied the old man.

"Really? You're Chinese.  How did you ever get a Jewish name like Moishe Plotnik?"

"It simple," said the old man. "Many, many year ago I come to this country.  I standing in line at Document Center of Immiglation.

"Man in front of me was  man from Poland.

"Lady at counter look at him and say to him, 'What you name?'

"He (Polish man) say to her, 'Moishe Plotnik'.

"Then she look at me and say, 'What your name?'

"I say, 'Sam Ting'."


You have a creative day.

Michael

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August 17, 2011

Yeshiva University decided to field a rowing team.

Unfortunately, they lose race after race.

Even though they practice and practice for hours everyday, they never manage to come in any better than dead last.

Finally, the team decides to send Morris Fishbein, its captain, to spy on Harvard, the perennial championship team.

So, Morris schlepps off to Cambridge and hides in the bushes next to the Charles River where he carefully watches the Harvard team at its daily practices.  After a week, Morris returns to Yeshiva.

"Well, I figured out their secret," he announces.

"What? Tell us! Tell us!" his teammates shout.

"We should have only one guy yelling. The other eight should row."

You have a creative day.

Michael

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August 16, 2011

Here's the Kindle book trailer for THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS.

If that doesn't work, just post the following into your browser:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6x5FEc3Wog

Now, here's a very funny joke that was sent to me.  It's on YouTube, so if the link doesn't work....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLOOdENt7RU

You have a creative day.

Michael

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