Archaeology
<![CDATA[<body>]]>A team of archaeologists was excavating in Israel when they came upon a
cave. Written on the wall of the cave were the following symbols in order of
appearance:
1. a woman
2. a donkey
3. a shovel
4. a fish
5. a Star of David
They decided that this was a unique find and the writings were at least
more than three thousand years old. They chopped out the piece of stone
and had it brought to the museum where archeologists from all over the
world came to study the ancient symbols. They held a huge meeting after
months of conferences to discuss what they could agree was the meaning of
the markings. The president of their society stood up and pointed at the
first drawing and said: "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 they
had a famine, whereby the 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 and the president smiled and
said, "I'm glad to see that you are all in full agreement with our
interpretations."
Suddenly a little old man stood up in the back of the room and said, "I
object to every word. The explanation of what the writings say is quite
simple. First of all, everyone knows that Hebrews don't read from left to
right, but from right to left.......Now, look gain......It now says:
"Holy mackerel, dig the ass on that woman."