A team of archaeologists was excavating in Israel when they came upon a cave.
Written on the wall of the cave were the following symbols in order of appearance.
1. A woman
2. A donkey
3. A shovel
4. A fish
5. A Star of David
They decided that this was a unique find and the writings were more
than three thousand years old. They chopped out the piece of stone and
had it brought to the museum where archaeologists from all over the
world came to study the ancient symbols. They held a huge meeting after
months of conferences to discuss what they could agree was the meaning
of the markings. The President of their society stood up and pointed at
the first drawing and said: "This looks like a woman. We can judge that
this race was family oriented and held women in high esteem. You can
also tell they were intelligent, as the next symbol resembles a donkey,
so, they were smart enough to have animals help them till the soil. The
next drawing looks like a shovel of some sort, which means they even
had tools to help them. Even further proof of their high intelligence
is the fish, which means that if they had a famine hit the earth,
whereby the food didn't grow, they would take to the sea for food. The
last symbol appears to be the Star of David which means they were
evidently Hebrews."
The audience applauded enthusiastically and the President smiled and
said, "I'm glad to see that you are all in full agreement with our
interpretations."
Suddenly a little old man stood up in the back of the room and said,
"I object to every word. The explanation of what the writings say is
quite simple. First of all, everyone knows that Hebrews don't read from
left to right, but from right to left... Now, look again... It now
says: "Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass On That Woman."