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Shmiel Teitlebaum was applying for a job and the employment application clearly stated: "Age of father and mother (if living).”
Shmiel wrote down 107 and 98 in the spaces provided.
“Wow, are your parents really that old,” the interviewer asked Shmiel.
“No,” Shmiel replied “But they would be if they were still living."