Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Back in the time of the Samurai there was a powerful emperor who needed a new  head Samurai so he sent out a declaration throughout the country that he was searching for one.

 A year passed and only 3 people showed up: a Japanese Samurai, a Chinese Samurai and a Texan Samurai. The emperor asked the Japanese Samurai to come in and demonstrate why he should be head Samurai.

The Japanese Samurai opened a matchbox and out popped a little fly. Whoosh went his sword and the fly dropped dead on the ground in 2 pieces. The emperor exclaimed: "That is very impressive!"

The emperor then asked the Chinese Samurai to come in and demonstrate. The  Chinese Samurai also opened a matchbox and out popped a fly. Whoosh, whoosh went his sword. The fly dropped dead on the ground in 4 pieces. The emperor exclaimed: "That is really very > impressive!"

The emperor then had the Texan Samurai demonstrate why he should be head  Samurai. The Texan Samurai also opened a matchbox and out popped a male fruit fly, the smallest fly of all. His flashing sword went whoooooooossshhh whooooossshhh  whooooossshh whooooossshhh. A gust of wind filled the room, but the fly was still alive and buzzing around.  The emperor, obviously disappointed, asked: "After all of that, why is the fly not dead?"  The Texan Samurai smiled, "Well, circumcision is not intended to kill."