Jesus was wandering around Jerusalem one afternoon when he happened to catch
sight of himself in a mirror. (And I'll bet you didn't even know there were
full-length mirrors back then.) He was shocked. "Jesus," he said to himself,
"do you need a new robe!" So he began to keep an eye out for a tailor. Sure
enough, he found a little hole in the wall tailor shop on Damascus Street,
with a sign, "Samuel the Tailor, Robes a Specialty."

Jesus ducked into the shop, and the little old guy looked up at him and said,
"Jesus, do you need a new robe." Samuel took a few measurements and said,
"Come back tomorrow after lunch; it'll be ready and I guarantee you'll
be happy."

So Jesus comes back the next afternoon and tries on the robe. His elation
knew no bounds, it was cut from the finest material, expertly tailored, and
it draped divinely. Jesus said to Samuel, "How much?"

"Jesus, for you, nothing," replied Samuel. "But I might ask you a favor.
When you're preaching, at the end of your sermon you might say something
like, 'You have probably noticed this beautiful robe. I got it at Samuel the
Tailor's on Damascus Street in Jerusalem." Jesus agreed and went on his way.

Some months later, he became curious and hiked over to Damascus street. The
little hole in the wall tailor shop was gone, replaced by an emporium that
took up a whole block, with customers standing in line waiting to get in.
Just at that moment Samuel spied him. "Jesus! Jesus! Come in and let me
thank you."

As they sat sipping a cup of wine, Samuel broached his idea: "Jesus, you and
I should go into business. You do the advertising and I'll do the tailoring.
We'll make a fortune."

"Sounds good," replied Jesus, "and we can call it Jesus and Samuel."

"Well," hedged Samuel, "I had in mind calling it Samuel and Jesus."

"But," countered Jesus, "it's my name recognition."

After two hours of haggling, they agreed on:


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I should point out that this story comes from teD.