Abie and Sadie had a Jewish religious store on Delancey Street on the Lower East Side of NYC. The neighborhood was changing. Sales were down on all Jewish related items.
"Abie, we have to close the store," said Sadie.
"We can't", said Abie. "This neighborhood is our life. We've been here for 50 years. Maybe we can start stocking Catholic articles too."
Sadie says,"What? Catholic articles? Bistu a gantzen Meshuggeh? We're Jewish, No Catholic articles!!!"
Well, a month passed and they sold nothing but two tallaisim, Three mezzuzahs and one set of tfillin. Now was the time to decide. Sadie agreed that they had to stock Catholic articles, so she said to Abie,"OK, call that Catholic supply house on Park Avenue."
Abie agreed to call: "Hello, Catholic supply house on Park Avenue? This is Abie and Sadie's on Delancey Street . I want 100 autographed pictures of the Pope, 200 of those beads - what do you call them, rosaries? 500 crucifixes. Oh yeh, I need those things here tomorrow."
"OK, Sir. I got your order. Let me read it back. 100 autographed pictures of the Pope, 200 sets of rosaries and 500 crucifixes. But tomorrow we don't deliver, "it's Shabbos and we are closed".