Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1a 7/7/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!gummo!whuxlb!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!oz From: oz@rlgvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: tombstone joke Message-ID: <873@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 22:41:34 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.873 Posted: Fri Jul 22 22:41:34 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 00:37:41 EDT Organization: CCI, Capitol Operations Office Lines: 25 I may have posted this joke earlier this year, if so, I apologize, but I was reminded of it again recently, and I think it's a good joke. An American visiting Isreal, was invited to the ceremonies dedicating the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Speeches were made by the president of Isreal, by Bush (Ron not being able to come) and at last the tarpaulin that covered the monument was pulled asside-- to reveal a simple marble plinth on the front of which was engraved: Chaim Isadore Cohn Born: Poland, 1903 Died: Isread, 1955 "I thought this was a tomb to the unknown soldier!" exclaimed the American. "Oh it is," said an Isreali. "but how? 'Unknown?' They've inscribed his name, his birthdate, his ---" "Ah," said the Isreali, "you don't understand. As a tailor, he was known; but as a soldier--mneh!" You either like this kind of humor or you don't, OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz