Bernie buys his girlfriend Suzie a ring for her birthday and asks the salesman to put it in a nice box. Later that day, Bernie goes over to Suzie’s house, wishes her a happy birthday, kisses her, and gives her the box.
“So go on Suzie,” he says excitedly, “open the box, open the box.”
Suzie opens the box and is dismayed to see inside a very tiny diamond mounted on a very thin gold ring.
“Oy gevalt! What a shmatta of a present,” she says to herself.
Bernie can see that she’s not very excited with her present, so he says to her, “I know it looks very small, Suzie, but I promise you the diamond is a very pure one. It hasn’t got any flaws in it at all.”
“I can believe that,” says Suzie. “There’s no room inside such a diamond for any flaws!”
Credit: David Minkoff, A Word In Your Eye