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November 5, 2001

Two types of people

Heard a great joke the other day:

There's a psychology conference somewhere.

An American scholar gives a speech. He says his findings show there are five types of people. Some grow up in patriarchal families, some in matriarchal families, some in single-parent families, some in poor families and some in rich families.

Then a Chinese scholar comes and presents her findings. She says there are three types of people; good people, bad people, and smart people.

Then it's the Iranian scholar's turn. He says there are only two types of people: "jendehs" and "koss khols".

Audience members protest. This is a scholarly conference, they say. What is your proof for this vulgar nonsense?

The Iranian scholar asks one of the protesters to come to the podium. He asks him, "If I give you a million dollars, will you have sex with me?" The man says, "Of course not!" The Iranian scholar says, "Khob, koss kholi deegeh..."

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So, we're wither whores or idiots? Something to think about.

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