The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JEWISH JOKE

FOND JEWISH PARENTS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR SON WOULD
BE WHEN HE GREW UP, SO THEY WENT TO THEIR RABBI. HE
TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD PUT A DOLLAR BILL, A BINGO
CARD, AND A GLASS OF WINE ON A TABLE WHERE THEY COULD
BE SEEN BY THE BOY WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL. IF
HE TOOK THE CARD, HE WOULD BE A GAMBLER. IF HE DRANK
THE WINE, HE WOULD ENTER RELIGION. IF HE TOOK THE BILL,
HE WOULD BE A FINANCIER. THIS WAS DONE AND THE RABBI
AND PARENTS SETTLED BACK TO WATCH THE OUTCOME. SOON
THE BOY CAME HOME, WENT TO THE TABLE, DRANK THE WINE,
PUT THE BILL IN HIS WALLET AND THE CARD IN HIS POCKET.
THE RABBI SEEING THIS, STRUCK HIMSELF AND EXCLAIMED,
"MY GOD, HE'S GOING TO BE A CATHOLIC PRIEST."

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT HIS OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT