""Life is like a fountain"" A boy grows up in a poor Eastern European country. Every Saturday at services his rabbi ends the sermon by saying, ""Life is like a fountain."" The boy remembers this whenever he has a hard test, or he is bullied at school, and it helps him cope. When he gets older, he decides to move to America for a better life. It is hard at first, but he remembers that ""life is like a fountain,"" and perseveres. Eventually he gets a good job and starts a family. Sure, there are s…

Jobs of our fathers The principal of a school was to inspect one of the classes in her school. Before the inspection the head teacher goes to the class and tells the students that to every question from the principal, they need to give an illustrious answer even if it's not true. The principal arrives. She goes over to little Jimmy and asks him: ""What does your dad do little boy?"" Now Jimmy's father was a poor shoemaker but Jimmy said: ""Oh, he's the owner of this large shoe factory."" She the…

Sister Mary burst into the office of the principal of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion parochial school in an advanced state of agitation. ""Father!"" she cried ""just WAIT until you hear this!"" The priest led the sister to a chair and said "" Now just calm down and tell me what has you so excited?"" ""Well father"" the nun began ""I was just walking down the hall to the chapel and I heard some of the older boys wagering money!"" ""A serious infraction indeed!"" said the priest. ""But that's not …

Rich sheik's son studies abroad The rich sheik's son is sent to Europe to study. After a month, he writes an e-mail to his father: "Father, I'm doing great here. My classmates are nice, the professors are great and the courses are well-structured and organized. There's one small thing though - I feel kind of embarrassed when I arrive at university in my Lamborghini every day, whereas my fellow students and even the profs come here every day with a subway train, I stick out like a sore thumb." …