Sam Ting

[Big Bob]

The Jewish Chinese Dry cleaner

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," replies the

old 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, "Sam Ting."

[limbo]

Good one!

Edited December 6, 2006 by limbo