A team of archaeologists was excavating in Israel when they
came upon a cave. Written across the wall of the cave
were the
following symbols, in this order: A woman, a donkey, a shovel,
a fish, and a Star of David.
They decided that this was a unique find and the writings
were at least three thousand years old. They chopped out the
piece of stone and had it brought to the museum where
archaeologists from all over the world came to study the ancient
symbols.
They held a huge meeting after months of conferences to
discuss what they could agree was the meaning of the
markings.
The President of their society stood up and pointed at the
first drawing and said: "This looks like a woman. We can judge
that this race was family-oriented and held women in high
esteem.
You can also tell they were intelligent, as the next symbol
resembles a donkey, so, they were smart enough to have animals
help them till the soil.
The next drawing looks like a shovel of some sort, which
means they even had tools to help them.
Even further proof of their high
intelligence is the fish
which means that if a famine had hit the earth, whereby the food
didn't grow, they would take to the sea for food. The last
symbol appears to be the Star of David which means they were
evidently Hebrews."
The audience applauded enthusiastically and the President
smiled and said, "I'm glad to see that you are all in full
agreement with our interpretations."
Suddenly a little old man stood up in the back of the room
and said, "Idiots! You are all wrong
about what the writings
say. First of all, everyone knows that Hebrew is not read from
left to right, but from right to left. Look again. ... It now
says:
"Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass On That Woman!"
