Bagel Place, Squirrel Hill:

Bagel Guy 1: Let me tell you a funny story about my kid. Well, maybe it’s not funny, but it fits my se— [momentarily distracted by something work-related]
Bagel Guy 2: Sensibilities? Sense of humor?
Bagel Guy 1: Yeah, my sense of humor.

So, this was a couple of years ago, and we’re driving in the car, and he turns to me and says, “Dad, who do think the most important man in history is?”

And I said, “Well, I don’t know. I suppose there have been a lot of important men in history. Who do you think it is?”

And he says, “I think it’s Martin Luther King, Jr.”

“Oh yeah? Why’s that?”

“Well, before him, blacks and whites couldn’t mix together.”

“Yeah, I suppose that’s true. Martin Luther King made it so blacks and whites could mix together. I guess that does make him pretty important.”

And then he says, “And if blacks and whites couldn’t mix together, Pitt basketball wouldn’t be as good as it is.”

When I heard that, I was just cracking up.

— Submitted by Roscoe P. Offspring