Rivkah, an elderly lady travelling to London by train, is sitting next to a very distinguished young man reading the Financial Times.
‘Excuse me,’ she says, ‘can I ask you something personal? Are you Jewish?’
‘No, I’m not,’ replies the man.
A few minutes later, Rivkah asks him, ‘Please, are you sure you’re not Jewish?’
The man replies, ‘No, I’ve told you I’m not,’ and continues to read his paper.
A few minutes later, ‘Excuse me, are you absolutely sure you’re not Jewish?’
At that, the man gets quite frustrated and replies, ‘All right, yes, if you must know. I am Jewish. Now will you leave me alone?’
Rivkah looks at him and says, ‘Funny, you don’t look Jewish.’
Credit: David Minkoff, A Word In Your Eye