The general replied, "I will explain it to you with an example. A filthy
man is standing outside a bath house. Will he go in?"
"No, you're wrong," said the general. "A filthy man is filthy by his nature,
and will not go in to the bath house. Only clean men, knowing the virtues of
cleanliness, will bathe."
"Now, let me give you another example. A filthy man is standing outside
a bath house. Will he go in?"
"You're wrong again," said the general. "Why should a filthy man not
enter a bath house? He is dirty, the bath house is there to enable him to
become clean, and he will use it."
"Now, one last example. A filthy man is standing outside a bath house.
Will he go in?"
"Now, comrade, you truly understand the meaning of Marxist dialectic."
(A very similar joke from Leo Rosten's _The_Joys_Of_Yiddish_ (If you haven't
got a copy of this book, then drop everything and go out and buy a copy--it's
full of jokes, folk sayings and other assorted witticisms.))
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-if you have to ask get out of the way-
Have you ever been stopped by a traffic cop and, while he was
writing a ticket or giving you a warning, you got the feeling that
he would just love to yank you out of the car, right through the
window, and smash your face into the front fender?...
