posted 08-18-2002 06:21 PM                    

> Back in the cowboy days, the westbound wagon train was lost and
> low on food. No other humans had been seen for days. And then they
> saw an old Jew sitting beneath a tree.
> The leader rushed to him and said, "We're lost and running out of
> food. Is there someplace ahead where we can get food?"
> "Vell," the old Jew said, "I vouldn't go up dat hill und down de
> other side. Somevun told me you'll run into a big bacon tree." "A
> bacon tree?" asked the wagon train leader. "Yah, ah bacon tree.
> Trust me. For nuttin vud I lie." The leader goes back and tells
> his people that if nothing else, they might be able to find food
> on the other side of the next ridge.
> "So why did he say not to go there?" some pioneers asked.
> "Oh, you know those Jews -- they don't eat bacon." So the wagon
> train goes up the hill and down the other side. Suddenly, Indians
> attack and massacre everyone except the leader, who manages to
> escape back to the old Jew, who's enjoying a "glassel tea." The
> near-dead man starts shouting. "You old fool! You sent us to our
> deaths! We followed your instructions, but there was no bacon
> tree. Just hundreds of Indians, who killed everyone."
> The old Jew holds up his hand and says "Oy, vait a minute." He
> then gets out an English-Yiddish dictionary, and begins thumbing
> through it. "Gevalt, I made myself ah big mistake." "It vuz not a
> bacon tree. It vuz a ham bush!"

 |  IP: Logged