"100 Camels"

As US tourists in Israel, a man and his wife were sitting
outside a Bethlehem souvenir shop, waiting for fellow
tourists.

An Arab salesman approached them carrying belts.
After an impassioned sales talk yielded no results, he
asked where they were from.

"America," the husband replied. Looking at her dark
hair and olive skin, the Arab responded.

"She's not from the States."

"Yes I am." said the wife. He looked at her and asked,

"Is he your husband?"

"Yes." she replied.

Turning to the husband, he offered.... "I'll give you
100 camels for her."

The husband looked stunned, and there was a long
silence... Silence. Finally he replied, "She's not for sale."

After the salesman left, the somewhat indignant wife
asked her husband what took him so long to answer,
to which the husband replied, "I was trying to figure
out how to get 100 camels back home."