Dont know if this was posted before. Pardon me if it is...
About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Chinese
had to leave Italy. Naturally there was a big uproar from the
Chinese community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a
religious debate with a member of the Chinese community. If the
Chinese win, they could stay. If the Pope wins, the Chinese would
leave.
The Chinese realized that they had no other choice. So they picked
a middle-aged man named Ah Peh to represent them. Ah Peh asked for
one condition to be added to the debate. "To make it more
interesting", he said, "Neither side would be allowed to talk". The
Pope agreed.
The day of the great debate came. Ah Peh and the Pope sat opposite
eachother for a full minute. Then the Pope raised his hand and
showed three fingers. Ah Peh looked back at him and raised one
finger. The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Ah
Peh pointed to the ground at where he sat. The Pope pulled out a
loaf and a glass of wine. Ah Peh pull out an apple. The Pope stood
up and said: "I give up. This man is too good. The Chinese can
stay."
An hour later, the cardinals were all around The Pope asking him
what had happened.
The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the holy
trinity.He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that
there was still one God common to both our religions.""Then I waved
my finger around me to show him that God >>>>>was
all aroundus." He responded by pointing to the ground and showing
that God was also right here with us all." "I pulled out the wine
and loaf to show that God absolves all sin. He showed me an apple
to remind us of the original sin. He had an answer for everything.
What could I do?"
Meanwhile, the Chinese community had crowded around Ah Peh. "What
happened?" they asked.
"Well," said Ah Peh, "First he indicated to me that all Chinese had
3 days to get out of here. I replied to him f off and not one of us
is leaving."
"Then he pointed that this whole city would be cleared of Chinese.
I showed him that we are staying right here."
"Yes, and then???" asked the crowd.
"I don't know", said Ah Peh, "He took out his lunch, and I took out
mine!!!"
