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From: tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody)
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Subject: Chattanooga Choo-Choo jokes
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Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 23:19:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 16 23:19:58 1985
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My only excuse for this is that somebody actually asked for specimens
of pointless, humorless jokes.  I happen to know a couple...

A young Jewish man experienced a religious identity crisis.  He felt
that he could no longer identify himself as a jew, and felt quite
distant from the religious and cultural assumptions of Judaism.  On
the other hand, he found himself increasingly drawn to Eastern
religion, particularly Hinduism.  So he went on a pilgrimage to India,
to discover his true spiritual destiny.

The trouble was, people were reluctant to speak openly about spiritual
matters.  He went to several gurus, but only received cryptic remarks
and strange aphorisms.  He was about to return to the U.S. when he
heard about a new guru, who had an shram near the Himalayas.  This
one, he was told, was different.  He *loves* to talk and discuss
things.

Our troubled Jewish friend set out for the Himalayas and, after
considerable searching, found the ashram.  Suppressing his elation, he
entered the meditation hall, where he found a number of people lost in
meditation.  At the front of the hall there were some velvet pillows,
in front of which there was a single canvas shoe, but no guru was to
be seen.  Unable to control his excitement, he nudged one of the
meditators nearby and said, "Pardon me, goy.  Is that the chatty new
guru's shoe?"


Todd Moody                 |  {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody
Philosophy Department      |
St. Joseph's U.            |         "I couldn't fail to
Philadelphia, PA   19131   |          disagree with you less."