this came from our beloved founder of the usaa... phil arnold...

The
Jewish Samurai

There once was a powerful Japanese emperor who needed a new chief Samurai to
train his elite Air-Hockey team. So he sent out a declaration throughout
the entire known world that he was searching for a chief. A year passed, and
only three people applied for the very demanding position: a Japanese
samurai, a Chinese samurai, and a Jewish samurai.
The emperor asked the Japanese samurai to come in and demonstrate why he
should be the chief AH samurai. The Japanese samurai opened a matchbox, and
out popped a bumblebee. Whoosh! went his AH mallet. The bumblebee dropped
dead, chopped in half. The emperor exclaimed, "That is very impressive!"

The emperor then issued the same challenge to the Chinese samurai, to come
in and demonstrate why he should be chosen. The Chinese samurai also opened
a matchbox and out buzzed a fly. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The fly
dropped dead, chopped into four small pieces. The emperor exclaimed, "That
is very impressive!"

Now the emperor turned to the Jewish samurai, and asked him to demonstrate
why he should be the chief samurai. The Jewish Samurai opened a matchbox,
and out flew a gnat. His flashing AH mallet went Whoosh! But the gnat was
still alive and flying around. The emperor, obviously disappointed, said,
"Very ambitious, but why is that gnat not dead?" The Jewish Samurai just
smiled and said, "Circumcision is not meant to kill."



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