Picking on our friends

California Bob is full of it today.

An old joke from the Economist about the ultimate European — "he combines British efficiency, French moral courage, Italian fighting spirit, and a German sense of humor, in short, he is a Belgian." Unfair to the Sprouts, probably.

And another joke I read recently:

A rabbi, overcome with his own insignificance, runs to the alter, throws himself down on the ground and shouts "I am nothing!"

An assistant rabbi, witnessing the demonstration of humility, follows suit, throwing himself down before the alter and shouting "I am nothing!"

A janitor working nearby is similarly impressed and throws himself down, shouting "I am nothing!"

Seeing the janitor, the rabbi turns to the assistant rabbi and scoffs, "Look who thinks he's nothing."