A Jewish man walked into a Chinese restaurant one day and placed his order.
While he was waiting for his food to be prepared, he struck up a conversation with the old Chinese man who was
the proprietor of the shop.
The conversation turned to culture and knowledge.
"I am intrigued by how wise your people are," the Jewish man said.
"Yes," replied the Chinese man, "Our culture is over 4,000 years old. But you Jews are a very wise people too."
The Jewish man replied, "Yes, our culture is over 5,000 years old."
"That's impossible!" the Chinese man replied.
"Why do you say that?" asked the Jewish man.
"Because that simply can't be!" replied the Chinese man. "Where would your people have eaten for the first thousand years?"
