Two Buddhists Walk Into A Bar

Two old guys walk into a bar,

Rab, and Jirt. They sit at a table

and order drinks. Jirt says to Rab:

"What do you want to talk about?"

Rab replies: "Nothing." So they 

drink their drinks at slow normal 

speed, not speaking. Every few

minutes, one of them laughs, 

which provokes a laugh out of 

the other one. Neither of them

has spoken. They work their

way through two or three drinks 

like this. It's a quiet bar, so a few 

people notice this odd behavior.

The bartender, a gregarious sort,

finds it particularly unnerving. He 

goes over to them when he's 

having a lull in the serving. He 

speaks to them:

"I notice that you guys aren't 

talking to each other, but every

once in a while, one of you laughs, 

and then the other does. Do you 

mind if I ask, what's that all about?"

Jirt responds: "We're having a 

conversation about nothing."

The bartender, Bill, says: "But, 

neither of you has said a word."

Rab says: "What part of nothing

don't you understand?"