Charlot and Einstein

'What I admire most in your art,' says Albert Einstein to Charlie Chaplin (who for us is Charlot), 'is its universality. You don't say a single word and everyone understands you.' 'It's true,' answers Charlie Chaplin, 'but your fame is much greater. The whole world admires you and no one understands you!'

The very rich man has dealings with an Italian woman. One night when they met, the Italian woman tells him she is pregnant. So as not to ruin his reputation and his family life, he promises to give her a large sum of money if she accepts to go to Italy, to have the baby there, and on the condition that he will take charge of the newborn until the age of 18. The Italian woman accepts and asks him how he will get news of the baby's birth. He answers her: 'At the birth, send me a card where you write only "spaghetti".' The months passed, and one day, coming home, he finds his wife a little dizzy, who tells him: 'A rather odd (curious) card came for you in the post today.' The man reads the card, turns completely white and faints. The wife reads the card: 'Spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti. Two with meatballs, one without.'

The year is 2032 and Sara Goldstein has been elected the first Woman and, above all, the first Jewish person as President of the United States. After some weeks, she calls her mother saying: 'Mama, I hope you'll come on inauguration day.' The mother answers her: 'I don't think so, precious. It's 10 hours' drive, and your father isn't as young as he was, and me suffering with my legs…' 'Don't worry, Mama, I'll send you the presidential plane of the United States for the trip there and back home, and a limousine will wait in front of the door.' 'I don't know, everyone will be very chic and I don't know what to wear.' 'I'm sure you'll have a dress made by the best designer there.' 'You know I can't eat the rich things found at these dinners.' 'Mama, it's the best catering service here that will organize the dinner and everything will be one hundred percent kosher. I want you to come too.' So the mother accepted to be there on 20 January, when Sara Goldstein will take the oath as President of the United States. Seated in the first row, the mother leans towards the Senator beside her and says: 'Do you see this woman who has her hand on the Torah and is going to be President of the United States?' 'Yes,' says the Senator, 'I see her.' 'Her brother is a Doctor!!!' (For the Jewish mother, the precious son has another value.)