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Here's another good one:

The Jewish man comes to see the rabbi. He is really frantic, he wails, "Rabbi! Rabbi! I don't know what my son is going to become. He doesn't seem to be interested in anything!"

The rabbi listens to the man's tale of woe. Finally, he says, "When you go home tonight, put a Torah, a hundred dollar bill, and a bottle of whiskey on the table. Observe what your son does. If your son picks up the Torah, he will become a noted rabbi. If your son picks up the hundred dollar bill, he will become a successful financier. If he picks up the bottle of whiskey, your son will become a drunken bum."

The Jewish man is very happy, because he now has a way to determine what his son will do with his life.

However, a week later, he returns to see the rabbi again. This time, he is even more frantic than before. He wails, "Rabbi! Rabbi! I don't know what I am going to do, I still don't know what my son will become. He came home. He picked up the Torah, he picked up the hundred dollar bill, and he picked up the bottle of whiskey. What does that mean?"

The rabbi gets a very sad look and his face, and sadly tells the Jewish man, "I am deeply sorry, but your son will become a television evangelist."