Friday, October 10, 2014

If I Were Blind

A friend related a wonderful story today. He had been searching on an Internet dating site for a suitable mate, an activity akin to playing roulette in Las Vegas where there are more losers than winners and the odds of hitting the jackpot slim to none.

In the course of his gamble, he encounters the photo of a femme fatale he describes as "...a stunner" ( in this case no, she was not sporting a stun gun in her profile picture).

After some chit chat back and forth, she writes to him the following question: "Do you think I am beautiful?"

In a reply worthy of a Zen Master, he retorts, "If I were blind, would you still be beautiful?"


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