A rabbi is walking down the street on a windy day when his hat blows off. A young man walking behind the rabbi picks up the hat and gives it back to him. The rabbi is so grateful that he gives the young man $20. The man believes today is his lucky day. He calls his best friend to tell him the good news and they decide to go to the race track to bet on the ponies.
The two men arrive for the second race. They begin looking through the program and see horse #3 Star of David. They decide to put the $20 on the Star of David even with the horses’ long odds. Star of David wins the race easily and the man wins over $300. Like most gamblers, the man wants to keep going while he’s hot. He looks through the program at Race 3 and sees horse #8 Chateau. He decides to put all $300 on Chateau, who starts strong but eventually falls out with a broken leg.
The man’s buddy turns on his friend. “What were you thinking?” he says.
The man responds, “Chateau is hat in French.”
“No you idiot. It’s Chapeau,” the friend says.
The man can’t believe he made this mistake. He feels like such a moron.
His friend asks, “Well, who won?”
“Some Japanese horse named Yarmulke,” the man says.
-Heard on the Tony Kornheiser Show
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