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 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

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