A young man was sitting quietly on a train, reading his book, when an elderly woman across from him leaned forward.
“Excuse me, young man,” she asked, “are you Jewish?”
He looked up politely. “No, ma’am, I’m not.”
A few minutes passed. She leaned forward again.
“Are you sure you’re not Jewish?”
He closed his book slightly and replied, still calm, “Yes, ma’am. I’m sure.”
Another long pause.
Then once again she leaned forward. “Are you quite sure you’re not Jewish?”
The young man took a deep breath, rolled his eyes to himself, and finally said, “Alright — yes, I’m Jewish!”
Silence filled the train car for several minutes.
Then the old woman tilted her head and said,
“Well, that’s funny… you don’t look Jewish.”
Sometimes you just can’t win 😄
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