ערובין-לד

The Czarist army drill instructor had just taken command of a new set of recruits. The officer took one look at these young men and immediately realized that he would have to start with the most basic of instruction, using the simplest terms.  “I want all of you to stand in a straight line,” he began “and when I count one, two, three, start to march, left foot first.  At the count of three!  Is that clear?”  “Yes Sir!” yelled the recruits.  But no sooner had the drill instructor uttered the count of ‘one’ when the lone Jewish recruit in the squad marched off.  “Hey, Zhid!” bellowed the instructor, “Stop where you are!  What’s the matter with you?  Didn’t you hear me just say you were to march at the count of three?”  “Sir, I meant no disrespect,” said the young Jew humbly.  “If you will excuse me for saying so, we both can see that the rest of these recruits are a bunch of morons: they must wait until you count three.  But I’m very quick, sir.  I knew what you wanted the moment you said ‘one’!”

05/07/2020