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 each
other 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
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 around
us." He
responded by
pointing
to the ground and showing that God was also right
here
with us."

"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*@k off and not
one of us was
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!!!"
6:38 PM

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