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Walking through San Francisco's Chinatown, a recent tourist
from the Midwest was fascinated with all the Chinese
restaurants, shops, signs and banners. One particular
building, however, caught his eye 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.
"Can you tell me how this place got a name like "Moishe
Plotnik's Chinese Laundry?" the tourist asked.
The kind gentleman answered, "Ahh... Everybody ask that. Is
name of owner."
"Oh.. is he here now?"
"He is right here," replied the kind gentleman. "He is me."
"Really? How did you receive a name like Moishe Plotnik?"
the tourist asked.
"Is simple," said the kind gentleman. "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.'"
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my
God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him
the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which
is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my
God: and I will write upon him my new name. -Revelation 3:12
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