Sent to me by Mike.
Moishe Plotnik's Laundry
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 drycleaner, 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 dat. It name of owner.'
Looking around, the tourist asked, 'Is he here now?'
'It me, Me him!' replied the old man.
'Really? You're Chinese. How did you ever get a Jewish name like Moishe Plotnik?'
'It simple' said the old man. 'Many, many year ago I come to thes country. I standing in line at 'Documentation Center of Immiglation. Man in front of me was Jewish man from Poland.Lady at counter look at him and say to him, 'What your name?'
He say to her, 'Moishe Plotnik.'
Then she look at me and say, 'What your name?'
I say, ...
... 'Sam Ting.'
Posted by denny at March 15, 2010 12:00 AMDear Denny - Are you feeling OK?
Posted by: Claudia on March 15, 2010 12:21 AMOuch! thats good.
Reminds me of two of my favorites.
Get Smart - "Not the Craw! The Craw!"
And
Ass in chinese restaurant: "Me liki some flied lice."
Chinese owner: "That's fried rice, you plick!"
-unknown(to me)
Posted by: Gummer on March 15, 2010 01:11 AMNow that one is good
Posted by: TyGuy/Neil on March 15, 2010 01:11 AMGummer - I'm relived to read that Maxwell Smarts question, "The...Craw ??" And the reply,"Not the Craw! The Craw!" was also burned into someone else' memory for decades.
Posted by: Slick Goodlin on March 15, 2010 03:19 AMI thought that was just Willy Wong ...
Posted by: PeggyU on March 15, 2010 04:33 AMI was wonderin' the same thing Claudia...
Posted by: CharlieDelta on March 15, 2010 04:56 AMI thought we were headed for the likes of Art Hibke's Mexican Cantina.
Posted by: Daryl on March 15, 2010 09:19 AMOne of the better puns. Let me join the " Not craw, it's craw" gang. One of old TV greatest bits.
Posted by: Alan on March 15, 2010 11:34 AMThat was funny CD.:-)
Give us another one, PegguU. I'm not good in Chinese.
Posted by: Claudia on March 15, 2010 12:13 PMMistake: PeggyU.
Posted by: Claudia on March 15, 2010 12:14 PMWasn't the Chinese pilot that crashed his fighter into one of our P-3's a few years back named Wong Way?
Posted by: Boss429 on March 15, 2010 01:02 PMClaudia - I'm dealing with some pain issues. Being a cripple really sucks.
Posted by: Denny on March 15, 2010 01:26 PMChinese couple had a Downs' Syndrome baby.
They named him Sum Ting Wong.
Posted by: Ralph Gizzip on March 15, 2010 06:55 PMHeard that one years ago. Only it was Ole Olsen's Chinese Laundry. Used to be a Wah Shing Chinese Laundry on St Catherine's St in Montreal years ago.
Posted by: ibm on March 15, 2010 07:34 PMMr and Mrs Wong had baby. It looked caucasian. Mr Wong said,"This can not be. Two Wongs don't make a White"
Posted by: Brent Dotson on March 15, 2010 07:44 PMDenny - Thanks for telling me. I kind of knew, when I didn't see music, that you might be having some problems. I hope the docs can find what would help you without too many side-effects. It's hard to get relief when you were already on pain medications before the accident.Thinking of you. Hoping for the best.
Posted by: Claudia on March 15, 2010 08:53 PMClaudia - It's just a flareup of left knee pain where I don't have any sensation. Sometimes it's a sharp pain in my Achilles tendon in the left leg. It happens once or twice a year. It's just lasted longer than usual this time.
Posted by: Denny on March 15, 2010 10:09 PMDenny - It's a bummer! Hope it settles. Have a good night. And good days.
Posted by: Claudia on March 16, 2010 12:46 AMDenny- hopin' you find some relief, but glad you're still comin' up with jokes I ain't heard in years, and at least you've been able to put up something for us every day.
Thanks for the enjoyment you've provided all of us.
This dosen't qualify as a "Pun".
But it is based on a true incident.
A Chinaman was allowed membership in the Swedish Club in Sioux City, Iowa, because his green card named him as Yordee Svenson.
He claimed that when He got off the boat at Elise Island, his name was Sam Sing. When he left Ellis his name was Yordee Svenson, just like the guy before him.
And I deem that to be the God's truth.
Pete
Posted by: Pete on March 18, 2010 12:50 AM