About a decade or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Somalis had to
leave Italy. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Somali community. So
the
Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member of the
Somali community. If the Somali won, the Somali could stay. If the Pope won,
the Somali would leave.
The Somali realized that they had no choice. So they picked a middle-aged
man named Faraax Jamax to represent them. farax asked for one
additional condition to the debate. , neither
side would be allowed to talk( No Italian you see). The Pope agreed.
The day of the great debate came. Faraax Jamac and the Pope sat
opposite each other for a full minute. Then the Pope raised his hand and
showed
three fingers. Farax looked back at him and raised one finger. The
Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. farax pointed to
the
ground where he sat. The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine.
Farax pulled out an apple.
The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is too good. The Sikhs
can stay."
An hour later, the cardinals were gathered 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 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 wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins.
He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for
everything. What could I do?"
Meanwhile, the Somali community had crowded around Farax Jamax. "What
happened?", they asked. "Well," said Farax, "First he said to me that
the Somalis had three days to get out of here. I told him to f *@ k off and
not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that this whole city would be
cleared of Somalis. I let him know that we were staying right here."
"Yes, and then???", asked the crowd.
"I don't know", said Farax, "He took out his lunch, and I took out
mine!!! And then he said that we could stay.