Tibetan Joke

...There is a joke about spiritual seekers and travelers - men and women like me: Margie Smith, a pleasant-looking woman who gave birth to her children in the 1950s (think June Cleaver or Harriet Nelson), approaches a travel agent.
"I must get to the Himalayas for my vacation", Mrs. Smith says. "I've got to talk to a guru."
"The Himalayas, Mrs. Smith! Are you sure?" the travel agent asks."It's a long trip, different language, funny food, smelly oxcarts. How about London, or Florida? Florida is lovely this time of year."
Mrs. Smith is adamant. She must go to the Himalayas to talk to a guru. So Mrs. Smith, wearing her best blue suit and her black pumps with the sensible heels, heads East, taking a plane, a train, a bus, and, yes, an oxcart until she finally arrives at a far-off Buddhist monastery in Nepal. There an old lama in maroon and saffron robes tells her that the guru she seeks is meditating in a cave at the top of a mountain and cannot be disturbed. But Mrs. Smith came a long way and she is a determined woman who won't be put off.
Finally the lama relents."All right", he says,"if you must, you must. But there are some ground rules. You can't stay long, and when you speak to the guru, you can say no more than ten words. He lives there alone, in silence and meditation."
Mrs. Smith agrees; and with the help of a few lamas, monks, and Sherpa porters, she starts trudging up the mountain. It's a long hard climb, but she doesn't give up. With an enormous effort of will and energy, she reaches the top - and the cave in which the guru is meditating. Her mission accomplished, Mrs. Smith stands at the entrance, and in a loud clear voice, she says what she came to say: "Sheldon...Enough is enough! It's your mother. Come home already!"

Източник: "Awakening the Buddha Within", Lama Surya Das