Moishe Plotnik

A tourist in San Francisco's Chinatown happened upon a business called 'Moishe Plotnik's Chinese Laundry.' "Moishe Plotnik?" he wondered. "What's that doing in Chinatown?"

Curious, he entered what turned out to be a standard-looking Chinese laundry with a standard-looking Chinese gentleman behind the counter. The tourist asked, "Would you explain to me how this place got its name?"

The gentleman answered, "Ah, evlyone ask me that. It my name."

"Really? How did you get a name like Moishe Plotnik?"

"It velly simple. Many year ago when I enter this country, I stood in line at Immigration office behind Jewish man from Poland. Woman at counter ask his name and he reply, Moishe Plotnik. She fill in details, he get his paper. Then it my turn. She ask my name, and I say, Sam Ting"