The Captain Has Kosher Tastes

[Rev.Cambeul]

Israel's finest cruise ship, the SS Enterprise, has struck an iceberg and sunk in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, taking most of the crew and passengers to their watery doom. The only survivors are Captain Kirk, a holidaying Liberal from New York City, a holidaying Marxist also from New York City and First Officer Mr Spock. The four in the lifeboat have now been without food for 33 days.

Captain Kirk: "It is time to make the ultimate sacrifice. One of us must die, so that the others may live. As I am the captain, I am too important to die. One of you must make the sacrifice. In order to determine who should be sacrificed for the good of the remaining few, I have devised a series of questions. We shall now begin."

Captain Kirk: Turning to the Liberal says, "Who committed the Jewish Holocaust?"

Liberal: With obvious relief in his voice, the Liberal almost screams, "The evil Nazis committed the Holocaust!"

Captain Kirk: "Correct," replies the captain. He turns to the Marxist, "How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?"

Marxist: The Marxist with a fanatical twitch of the mouth, manages to stutter out "S...S...Six Million!"

Captain Kirk: "Correct." The captain now turns to Mr Spock. Pausing for thought, he silently reminisces about all the good times the captain and Spock had together in Tel Aviv. Then, with a barely audible but deadly calm in his voice, the captain says to Spock, "Name them."

Mr Spock: ...