Essays/JforC Front Cover
The back cover of J for C Programmers says of the front cover,
"... some personalities related to 'J' ".Clockwise from upper left corner,
0. J. Jonah Jameson 15. Andrew Jackson 1. J. Paul Getty 16. Barbara Jordan 2. John Jacob Astor IV 17. Joseph Stalin ("Uncle Joe") 3. The Jackson 5 18. Jay Leno 4. J. Walter Thompson 19. Jay Gould 5. Janis Joplin 20. Emperor Julian 6. Justin Morgan 21. Jimmie Walker (or J.J. Evans, Jr.) 7. Scott Joplin 22. Joseph McCarthy ("Tail Gunner Joe") 8. Jason 23. James Joyce 9. Jelly Roll Morton 24. St. John Chrysostom 10. Jane Austen 25. Julius Erving ("Dr. J") 11. Jay-Z 26. Jesse James 12. J.J. Thomson 27. Samuel Johnson 13. Stonewall Jackson 28. Jennifer Lopez ("J.Lo") 14. Emperor Justinian 29. John Jay
David's watch was not working. He remembered passing a little shop with clocks and watches in the window, so he took the watch in for repair.
"Can I help you?" asked the man behind the counter.
"I want this watch repaired," said David.
"I'm sorry. I don't repair watches."
"Well, how much for a new one then?" asked David.
"I don't sell watches."
"You don't sell watches?"
"No, I don't sell watches."
"Clocks, you sell clocks then? How much for a clock?"
"I don't sell clocks."
David was getting exasperated. "You don't sell watches, you don't sell clocks?"
"No, I'm a mohel [a person who does circumcisions]," replied the man.
"Then why do you have all those clocks and watches in the window?"
"If you were a mohel, tell me, what would you put in your window?"
Anyway, I thought it would provide better entertainment than most things I could put there.