An American grad student was writing his thesis on ancient Japanese culture and for that he went on a 3 month trip to Japan. He heard about "Samurai and his Sword" and wanted to meet one. After asking a lot of people he found the village where a handful Samurais were still alive. So he went there and tried to find them. The locals said once a while they come to the village restaurant, so he went there.
He asked the waiter if there were any Samurais there, and the waiter pointed to a man with funny hairstyle and a long sword. The American student went to that man and asked " hello sir, I am writing about Samurais in my thesis, can you please give me a demo of you skill?"
The Samurai without lifting his head pulled out the Sword faster than a blink and put it back in the case. A fly fell on the floor cut in half.
The American applauded "Wow, I have never seen anything like this. This was so precise! you must be the fastest sword fighter"
THe Samurai said "But I am not the greatest Samurai, see that man. He is greater than me".
The American went to the second Samurai and again asked for a demo. This time also the sword came out and went back in in a second, and three flies fell on the floor each cut in precisely half. The American student was amazed "Wow, you must be the greatest Samurai!". The Samurai politely replied " No he is" and pointed to the corner.
The Student went to the corner, and saw a very very old man, in his 90's may be, drinking his tea from a cup. Hesitantly he asked "Hello Samurai, (although you don't look like one he thought in his mind), can you show me what you can do?" The Samurai replied "I can read mind".
The Student jokingly said " No, I mean what can you do with your sword? If you can still do something?" A flash came out and the sword was back in, the samurai continued sipping on his tea as if nothing has happened. A fly fell on the floor, kept buzzing and spinning round and round. The disappointed American student "well the other guy split a fly in half, another guy split 3 flies at a time, what did you do? you missed. this fly is still alive?"
The Samurai replied "But, this fly cannot make babies anymore" The student ran and ran ...
