A team of archaeologists excavating in Israel came upon a cave.
Written across the cave wall were the following symbols, in this
order of appearance from left to right: a woman, a donkey, a shovel,
a fish, and a Star of David. It was considered a unique find, and
the writings were said to be at least three thousand years old.
The piece of stone was removed, brought to the museum, and
archaeologists from around the world came to study the ancient
symbols. They held a huge meeting after months of conferences to
discuss the meaning of the markings.
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The president of the society summarized findings and pointed at the
first symbol. "This looks like a woman. We can judge that this race
was family oriented and held women in high esteem. You can also tell
they were intelligent, as the next symbol resembles a donkey; so, they
were smart enough to have animals help them till the soil. The next
drawing looks like a shovel of some sort, which means they even had
tools to help them. Even further proof of their high intelligence is
the fish, which means that if a famine had hit the earth and food
didn't grow, they would take to the sea for food. The last symbol
appears to be the Star of David, which means they were evidently
Hebrews."
The audience applauded enthusiastically. But, a little old man,
stood up in the back of the room and said, "Idiots! Hebrew is read
from right to left.
It says,"Holy mackerel! Dig the ass on that woman!"
Scott Paceley * spaceley@uiuc.edu * 217-333-8759 * Champaign, Illinois
graphic design, photography, photo-illustration
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