nafta Posted July 22, 2003 I got this one by email a few days ago and thought it would be nice to share it with you ppl! About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Pakistanis had to leave Italy. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Pakistani community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a debate with a member of the Pakistani community. If the Pakistani won, the Pakistanis could stay. If the Pope won, the Pakistanis would leave. The Pakistanis realised that they had no choice. So they picked a middle-aged man named Bala to represent them. Bala asked for one addition to the debate. To make it more interesting, neither side would be allowed to talk. The Pope agreed. The day of the great debate came. Bala and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers. Bala looked back at him and raised one finger. The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Bala pointed to the ground where he sat. The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. Bala pulled out an apple. The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is too good. The Pakistanis can stay." An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what had happened. The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to all religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?" Meanwhile, the Pakistani community had crowded around Bala. "What happened?" they asked. "Well" said Bala, "First he said to me that the Pakistanis had three days to get out of here. I told him that not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared of Pakistanis. I let him know that we were staying right here." "Yes, yes,.. and then???" asked the crowd. "I don't know", said Bala, "He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoVa Posted July 23, 2003 loool nafta good one there..... "I don't know", said Bala, "He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!" this had me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xafsa Posted July 26, 2003 loooooooooooooool....good one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nuune Posted July 26, 2003 nafta,that was really nice,thanks for sharing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
