September 20-2009

This is an example of what I call humor, rather than a joke. I walked into a room where there were three teachers sitting. One teacher said: “How” to me. I responded with, “Scrambled.” A second teacher said, “Don’t egg me on.” The third said, “That’s a yolk!”

The joke that was in my mind when I said scrambled was one told to me over forty years ago. There was a traveling salesman from the East in Tucson, Arizona on a sales trip. He heard about an Indian who reportedly never forgot anything he ever said or did. The salesman looked him up and asked if it was true that he never forgot anything. The Indian responded, “Yes that’s true.” The salesman asked, “What did you have for breakfast January fourth 1983?” “The Indian said, “Eggs.” The salesman walked away saying to himself, “How can I tell if it’s true or not?”

A few years later the salesman was back in Tucson but had forgotten all about the Indian incident. He saw an Indian approaching him on the sidewalk. He thought it would be okay to greet him with, “How!” The Indian responded to his greeting by saying, “Scrambled.”

This is my al-time-favorite-joke.