Adam's Counter Offer
God looks down and notices that Adam is all alone while all the animals have companions, so he decides to create a companion for man as well. He comes to see Adam and says to him, —“Adam, you are my greatest creation and therefore, I am going to create for you the ultimate companion. She will worship the very ground you walk on, —she will long for you and no other, —she will be highly intelligent, she will wait on you hand and foot, —and obey your every command, she will be beautiful, —and all it will cost you is an arm and a leg. “Thinking for a few moments, Adam replies, —"What could I get for a rib!?”
Keeping The Faith
A Jewish lawyer was troubled by the way his son had turned out, —and went to see his rabbi about it. "I brought him up in the faith, —gave him a very expensive bar mitzvah, —cost me a fortune to educate him. Then he tells me last week he has decided to be a Christian. Rabbi, —where did I go wrong!? "Funny you should come to me," —said the rabbi. “Like you, —I too brought my boy up in the faith, put him through university, cost me a fortune, then one day he too comes and tells me he has decided to become a Christian." "What did you do!?" —asked the lawyer. "I turned to God for the answer", —replied the rabbi. "And what did He say!?" —pressed the lawyer. "God said, '—Funny you should come to Me ...' "