...and speaking of sleep...
Someone has to Sleep in the Barn
A lawyer and two friends, a Rabbi and a Hindu holy man, had car
trouble in the countryside and asked to spend the night with a
farmer. The farmer said "There might be a problem; you see, I only
have room for two to sleep, one of you must sleep in the barn.
"No problem", spoke the Rabbi, "My people wandered in the desert for
forty years, I am humble enough to sleep in the barn for an
evening." With that he departed to the barn and the others bedded
down for the night. Moments later a knock was heard at the door; the
farmer opened the door, there stood the Rabbi from the barn.
"What's wrong?", asked the farmer. He replied, "I am grateful to
you, but I can't sleep in the barn. There is a pig in the barn and
my faith believes that is an unclean animal." His Hindu friend
agrees to swap places with him.
But a few minutes later the same scene reoccurs. There is a knock on
the door, "What's wrong, now?, the farmer asks. The Hindu holy man
replies, "I too am grateful for helping us out but there is a cow in
the barn and in my country cows are considered sacred. I can't sleep
on holy ground!"
Well, that leaves only the lawyer to make the change. He grumbled
and complained, but went out to the barn. Moments later there was
another knock on the farmers door. Frustrated and tired, the farmer
opens the door, and there stood the pig and the cow!