The teacher smiled at the class and announced, \u201cI\u2019ll give two dollars to the child who can tell me who was the most famous man who ever lived.\u201d An Irish boy shot his hand up and confidently said, \u201cIt was St. Patrick.\u201d The teacher shook her head. \u201cSorry, Sean, that\u2019s not correct.\u201d A French boy was next. \u201cNapoleon,\u201d he declared proudly. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Pierre,\u201d the teacher replied, \u201cthat\u2019s not right either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, a Jewish boy raised his hand and said, \u201cIt was Jesus Christ.\u201d The teacher beamed. \u201cThat\u2019s absolutely right, Maurice. Come up here and get your two dollars.\u201d As she handed him the money, she added, \u201cYou know, Maurice, I\u2019m surprised you said that, considering you\u2019re Jewish.\u201d Maurice nodded and said, \u201cYeah\u2026 in my heart I knew it was Moses, but business is business.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another tale, a woman was very rich and a man was poor but honest. She liked him well enough, and he knew it. One evening, feeling a little bolder than usual, he said, \u201cYou are very rich, aren\u2019t you?\u201d She nodded calmly. \u201cYes. I\u2019m worth 1.25 million dollars.\u201d He sighed. \u201cI\u2019m poor,\u201d he said, then asked, \u201cWill you marry me?\u201d She answered simply, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought you\u2019d say no,\u201d he replied. Curious, she asked, \u201cThen why did you ask?\u201d He smiled sadly. \u201cJust to see how a man feels when he loses 1.25 million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, Stanley was shopping for a new office desk when he spotted a perfect one in an antique shop window. Inside, the shopkeeper told him it cost $5,000. Stanley scoffed, until the man explained it was a magic desk. The desk accurately counted the money in his pocket, then went completely wild when asked about his wife\u2019s bank account. \u201cWhere did she get all that?\u201d Stanley gasped\u2014just as the desk\u2019s legs slid apart and its drawers dropped open. READ MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The teacher smiled at the class and announced, \u201cI\u2019ll give two dollars to the child who can tell me who was the most famous man who ever… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n