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IP: Passover Joke
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 06:55:26 -0500
Via Luther Welshand Dave Crocker: Moshe Shapiro, invented a great thing in London. The British government was able to use his new computer program and collect taxes they never even knew existed. Queen Elizabeth II, decided to put him on the honors list to be knighted. He is supposed to recite a line in Latin. Comes his turn, the Queen taps him on the shoulders with the sword... and in the panic of excitement he forgets the Latin line. Thinking quickly he recited the only other line he knows in a foreign language which he remembers from the Passover Seder: "Mah nishtana ha-lailah ha-zeh mi-kol ha-leilot." The puzzled Queen turns to John Major and asks, "Why is this Knight different from all other Knights?"
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