Re: silly trivia contests--the end!! (I know, thank goodness)

[Hayyim Feldman <hf...>]

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Robert Cohen wrote:

>Re III:  "Strap yourself to the tree with roots" ... BINGO!  And Mazel 
>Tov/Yasher Koach!  I'm sure the whole list thanks you, Hayyim, for bringing 
>this contest to a merciful end.  Thanks and congrats to all who entered!  
>Where (let alone how--why did I do this) do I send a cupcake?!


Kewl!  How 'bout if you stash that kosher kupkake in your freezer until
one of us is taking a little trip...?  I'm near Boston.  

-Hayyim

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Ring the bells that still can ring
   forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything -
   that's how the light gets in.

                 -Leonard Cohen, "Anthem" (1992)
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>>From: Hayyim Feldman <hf (at) world(dot)std(dot)com>
>>Subject: Re: silly trivia contests
>>Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 17:43:11 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>>On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Robert Cohen wrote:
>>
>> >Re the Dylan quotes:  [...] I had in mind a more obscure quotation--
>> >obscure in the sense of not transparent (maybe I mean "opaque"):  It has
>> >no obvious Jewish reference _at all,_ yet I think has profound Jewish
>> >implications (maybe or not for Dylan himself--can't say). I'll give one
>> >hint; then (if I don't get any responses, or any correct ones) give the
>> >answer a week from today and bring this contest to a merciful close--only
>> >a week or two after the Independent Counsel statute expired!  Here's the
>> >hint:  EITZ CHAYIM.  Good luck everyone!
>>
>>my best guess...
>>
>>...Strap yourself
>>To the tree with roots
>>You ain't goin' nowhere
>>Whoo-ee! Ride me high
>>Tomorrow's the day
>>My bride's gonna come
>>Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
>>Down in the easy chair!
>>
>>(Git Shabbes!)
>>
>>-Hayyim

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