Assessing your investing IQ: More on Jokes

Posted Jun 6th 2006 6:00PM by Sheldon Liber
Filed under: After the Bell

Having used the words 'dividends', 'sex' & 'joke' in the header of my recent post has set it on fire. While I'm sure the word sex got most peoples attention, for those of you that tuned into the word 'joke' I thought I would share one of the best jokes on value I have heard. This came to me from my 13-year-old son.

A lonely old widower walks in to a pet store hoping to find companionship in a bird. He spots a brightly colored red parrot and asks the shopkeeper how much it costs and is told $10,000. "WOW," the old man gasps, "what is so special about this bird?"

The shopkeeper informs him that this bird has memorized the entire Torah backwards and forwards and can recite any portion at will. "That's some bird," says the old man.

Having a limited budget he inquires about a smaller, but still quite pretty, blue parrot. The shopkeeper tells him that this parrot would cost $20,000. "Oh my," says the old man putting his hand to his forehead. "Why is this parrot so expensive?"

The shopkeeper informs him that this little blue bird has not only memorized the entire Torah, backwards and forwards, and can recite any portion at will, but in addition, has put to memory most of the commentary from the sages. "Well that is truly amazing," said the old man.

A little discouraged, the widower sees an older, modest looking, multi-colored parrot in a plain cage in the back corner of the store and asks the shop keeper if maybe this parrot might be more affordable.

The old man is practically knocked over when the shopkeeper quotes him a price of $40,000. "What on heaven or earth could this parrot possibly know that would make it worth so much more than the other two brilliant parrots he asked?"

"I don't actually know," said the shopkeeper, "but I can tell you that the other birds call him Rabbi."

For even more value go back to my post on dividends! : my original post

Tags: dividends, jokes, sex