Re: "Much ado about gornisht"

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Or how about this one:

Two old Jewish Jazz musicians are sitting on a park bench without speaking.  One
man breaks the silence and sighs, "Oy!"  The other ponders this for a moment and
answers, "I'm hip!"

Lorele


George Robinson wrote:

> One of my late father-in-law's favorite jokes, may his memory be a
> blessing.
>
> GRR
>
> Marvin wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: George Robinson <GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net>
> > To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 4:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: "Much ado about gornisht"
> >
> > > Why "if you're white?" In New York, everyone is Jewish sooner or later.
> > > If only in the old Lenny Bruce routine sense: "Charlie Parker is Jewish.
> > > Lawrence Welk is goyish."
> >
> > Man walks into Katz's deli, and sees an Oriental clerk behind the counter,
> > speaking Yiddish.
> >
> > Man to Owner:  "Where'd you find a Chinaman who speaks Yiddish?"
> >
> > Owner, in a whisper: "Shhh!  He thinks he's learning English."
> >
>
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