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Subj:.....Moishe
Plotnik's Laundry (S660)
From: tom on 9/3/2009
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Source: http://dr1.com/forums/clown-bin/42348-
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Walking
through San Francisco's Chinatown, a tourist from the Midwest was fascinated
with all
the Chinese restaurants,
shops, signs and banners. He turned a corner and saw a building with
the sign "Moishe
Plotnik's
Chinese Laundry."
"Moishe
Plotnik?" he wondered.
"How
does that fit in
Chinatown?" |
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So he walked into
the shop and saw a fairly standard looking Chinese laundry. He could
see that the proprietors were clearly aware of the uniqueness of the name
as there were baseball hats, T-Shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with the
logo "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry."
There was also a fair
selection of Chinatown souvenirs, indicating that the name alone had brought
many tourists into the shop. 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 in
English, thickly accented with Chinese.
The tourist asked,
"Can you tell me how this place got a name like "Moishe Plotnik's Chinese
Laundry?"
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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?' |
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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.' |
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Then she look at
me and say,
'What your name?'
I say, 'Sam Ting.' |
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