Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Another Polish Joke from Poland Message-ID: <1141@aecom.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 20:35:54 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.1141 Posted: Sat Feb 9 20:35:54 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 05:02:57 EST Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 31 Another in a series (initially started by Greg gkj@talcott Kuperberg): A visiting western journalist was allowed a meeting with a prominent Professor at the University of Warsaw, a man widely held to be the smartest man in Poland. During the course of the discussion he asked the Professor if he could single out three wishes that he wanted to be filled. The Professor answered, "Of course. I wish that Poland would be invaded by the Chinese." The journalist was slightly taken aback, but asked politely what the second wish would be. "I wish that again Poland would be invaded by the Chinese." At this point, the journalist is wondering whether the professor has not grown feeble with age, or even if what he has heard in the West about Poles are true, but he keeps quiet and instead asks what the Professor's third wish would be. "I wish that once again Poland would be invaded by the Chinese." Finally, the journalist cannot take it any longer, and asked how the Professor could wish such a misfortune on his country, not once but three times. The Professor replied, "It is worth it. You see, to invade Poland three times, they would have to cross Russia six times." (Note: I'm sure versions exist for most of the other countries of the Eastern Bloc.) -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!