[Soaring Feather]

Top Hat


Once, on a very windy day, a rabbi was on his way to
the temple. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew his fur hat off his head.
The rabbi ran after his hat but the wind was so strong it kept blowing his hat farther and farther away. He could not catch up with it.

A young man, a gentile, witnessing this event and
being more fit than the rabbi, ran after the hat, caught it and handed it over to the rabbi. The rabbi was so happy and grateful that he gave the man five dollars and put his hand on the man's head and blessed him.
The young man was very excited about the tip and the blessing and decided to go to the racetrack and bet
his 5 unexpected dollars.

After the races the young man returns home and recounted his very exciting day at the races to his father. "I arrived at the fifth race," said the young man, "looked at the racing program and saw a horse by the name of
'Top Hat' running. The odds on the horse were 100
to 1... the longest shot in the field. Having received the rabbi's blessing and the 5 dollars and thinking of the rabbi's hat and the horse's name being Top Hat I thought this was a message from God, so I bet the entire 5 dollars on this horse.
An amazing thing happened, the horse that was the
longest shot in the field and who did not have the slightest chance to even show came in first by 5 lengths."

"You must have made a fortune," said the father.

"Yes, $500, but wait, it gets better," replied the son. "On the following race, I looked at the program. A horse by the name of Stetson was running.
The odds on the horse were 30 to 1. Stetson being
some kind of hat and again thinking of the rabbi's blessing and his hat, I decided to bet all my winnings on this horse."

"What happened?" asked the excited father.

"The horse Stetson won and I collected big money."

"You mean you brought home all this money?" asked
his excited father.

"No," said the son, "I lost it all on the next race.
There was a horse in this race named 'Chateau' so I bet all the money on it because the horse was
the heavy favorite and the name also means hat in
French and it all started with the rabbi's hat. But the horse broke down andcame in last."

"Dummy!" cried the father, "Hat in French is 'Chapeau' not 'Chateau'! You lost all your winning money because of your ignorance. Tell me who won the race anyway?"

"A long shot Japanese horse named 'Yamaka'.

[SAMWolf]

"A long shot Japanese horse named 'Yamaka'.

LOL! ya got me on that one I expected it to end with the french remark.

[Valin]

LOL.
There's a lesson in this for all of us. Just what that lesson is...I have no idea.

Back later, there is a plate of bacon and eggs out there somewhere with my name on them, and I'll scour the world to find them.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL!

[Professional Engineer]

ROFL. He should have visited a habbardashery first.