Friday, August 15, 2008
Okay.. I swear I love this joke..
About a century or two
ago, the Pope decided that all the Chinese had to
leave Italy.
Naturally there was a big uproar from the Chinese >community.
So the Pope made a deal.
He would have a religious debate with a member of
the Chinese community. If
the Chinese win, they could stay. If the Pope
wins, the Chinese
>would leave. The Chinese realized that they had no other
choice. So they picked a
middle-aged man named Ah Peh to represent them. Ah
Peh asked for one
condition to be added to the debate. 'To make it more
interesting', he said,
'Neither side would be allowed to talk'. The Pope
agreed. The day of the
great debate came. Ah Peh and the Pope sat opposite
each other for a full
minute. Then the Pope raised his hand and showed three
fingers. Ah Peh looked
back at him and raised one finger. The Pope waved his
fingers in a circle
around his head. Ah Peh pointed to the ground at where
he sat. The Pope pulled
out a loaf and a glass of wine. Ah Peh pull out an
apple. The Pope stood up
and said: 'I give up. This man is too good. The
>Chinese can stay.'
An hour later, the cardinals were all around The Pope
asking him what had
happened. The Pope said, 'First I held up three fingers
to represent the holy
trinity.He responded by holding up one finger to
remind me that there was
still one God common to both our religions.' 'Then
I waved my finger around
me to show him that God was all around us.' He
responded by pointing to
the ground and showing that God was also right here
with us.' 'I pulled out
the wine and loaf to show that God absolves all sin.
He showed me an apple to
remind us of the original sin. He had an answer for
everything. What could I
do?' Meanwhile, the Chinese community had crowded
around Ah Peh. 'What
happened?' they asked. 'Well,' said Ah Peh, 'First he
indicated to me that all
Chinese had 3 days to get out of here. I replied to
him f*#k off and not one
of us is leaving.' 'Then he pointed that this whole
city would be cleared of
Chinese. I showed him that we are staying right
here.' 'Yes, and then???'
asked the crowd. 'I don't know', said Ah Peh, 'He
took out his lunch, and I
took out mine!!!'Labels: The Ah Pek and the Pope
secrets within @ 7:22 PM
