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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Soviet Joke
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 11:00:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 11:00:03 1984
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A Soviet Jewish joke:

The fish store announces that they are expecting a shipment of
FRESH SALMON at eight the next morning... and at 5AM there's already a
line at the door.

At eight the shop opens, and the manager comes out and announces,
"Comrades, I'm sorry to say that the shipment is late, and is going
to be smaller than expected, so all Jews will have to leave the line."
So the crowd thins somewhat.

At nine the manager comes out again, and says, "Comrades, I'm sorry to
tell you that the shipment is even later and smaller than we thought, so
all those who are not members of the Communist party will have to leave."  
The crowd thins again.

At ten the manager comes out again.  He announces, "Comrades, I'm sorry to
have to tell you that the shipment is still later and still smaller than
we thought, so that all those who did not fight in the Revolution will
have to leave the line."

At this point nobody is left but stooped old men with canes and old
women with babushkas.  The manager comes out again and says, "Comrades,
I am sorry to have to tell you that the shipment is not arriving at all."
Whereupon one of the old men raises his hand and says, "So how come the
Jews always get special treatment?"

{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters            Dr. Peter S. Shenkin 
Dept of Biol. Sci.;  Columbia Univ.;  New York, N. Y.  10027;  212-280-5517