#sam-ting

A tourist in Chinatown sees a sign advertising ""Hans Olafsen's Laundry"" He goes inside to check it out, and there's an old Asian man in the corner. ""How did this place get named 'Hans Olafsen's Laundry'?"" he asks. ""It's named after me, Hans Olafsen."" said the man. ""That's an unusual name for a Chinese man"" observed the tourist. ""When I was in the immigration center, I followed a man named Hans Olafsen. When they asked my name, I told them 'Sam Ting'"".

A Chinese shop owner Tourist: What's your name? Shop Owner: Moshe Dayan Tourist: But you don't look Jewish. You look Chinese. Shop Owner: Yes, you're right. Tourist: Then how did you ever get a name like Moshe Dayan? Shop Owner: It's like this. Years ago, when i came to America, I was standing in line at the immigration documentation centre. The man in front of me was a Jewish man from Germany. The lady at the counter looked at him and said, "What is your name?" He said, "Moshe Dayan." The…

An Asian man goes to rent a car, and the clerk sees the man's name is Herschel Leibowitz The clerk asks him how an Asian man like himself got the name Herschel Leibowitz. He responds in a heavy accent "When I was going through immigration, we were in a line in the area where we give our names. The name of the man in front of me was Herschel Leibowitz. When they call for me to ask me what my name is, I said "Sam Ting"

A man was walking through Chinatown when he saw a sign saying "Hans Schmidt's Chinese Laundry". Being curious, he went into the shop and was greeted by an elderly Oriental man who introduced himself as Hans Schmidt. "How come you have a name like that?" inquired the stranger. "You don't look very German!" "Is simple," said the Oriental shop owner. "Many many year ago when come to this country I stand in immigration line behind big German guy. Immigration lady look at him and go, 'What your name?…