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He's very deceptive, Roberta .... You'd SWEAR, looking at the photo, that he was a gentle, untroublesome pussy cat! Laughing

But we know, we know the truth! Twisted Evil

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msolga wrote:

He's very deceptive, Roberta .... You'd SWEAR, looking at the photo, that he was a gentle, untroublesome pussy cat! But we know, we know the truth!

's true - and he does look remarkably like Possum, who behaves similarly!
Shocked

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margo

And Possum looks deceptively placid & relaxed in his Christmas outfit, too! Very Happy

But we also know the full story about him! Twisted Evil

Maybe Possum & Mikey are actually siblings, separated at birth? Hmmmmmmmmmmm ...

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Yeh, happy Chanukah to all, and to all a good night.

(A friend to whom I wished the same the other night at our pub said that I've now replaced his recently deceased mother as the person to remind him of the holiday. Oy....)

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I do hope you slapped him, d'Art.

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I should've. I have enough issues with my own Ancient Parent...

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So much to read, so little time

So, instead of bookmarking, I'll interrupt with an anecdote.

I'm a goy but was at boarding school with a couple of "nice" Jewish boys, so got to know some Yiddish.

I happened to meet up with some more of London's chosen people when I was travelling, in Delhi. We hung out for a while and, on our way through the airport, I exclaimed "this is a bit of a schlep, isn't it?".

"Schlep? How dare you use my language?" said the girl with a laugh.

"Just takes a little chutzpah!" was my response that got the real laugh.

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Gautam wrote:

Jewish mothers sound soooooooooooo much like Indian mothers!!

Reading and laughing - page 3 so far. Reading this, I'm very aware of my mother too. She can't just think about anything, she needs to worry! Confused

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kitchenpete, In the hierarchy of worrying, there's regular worrying, there's mother worrying, and then there's Jewish mother worrying. The top of heap. No contest. Hey, I'm not a mother, and you shouldn't know from my worrying.

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You think you know from worry, 'Boita? You should have known my mother. She would worry that something was wrong because she wasn't worried about anything. Universe out of joint.

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Oh, good. Let's get into a who's a bigger worrier competition! I'm ready. Hell, I'm ready for the Olympics of worrying. And my grandmother? Hah! Hall of fame worrying. Andy, your mother sounds like a contender. You must be so proud.

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When I was at the doctr's (for and with my mother, 83), and we we were waiting in the consultation room, she reminded me twice, to say "Good morning" to the doctor and to shake hands with her.
And of course she phoned me twice the day before, reminding me of being properly dressed the other day.

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True story: I don't remember the exact circumstances, but my father was very late returning from some trip or other and my mother was worried (naturally). I must have been 11 or 12 or thereabouts. Being the easy-going laid-back child that I was, I wasn't very concerned at all. Mother asked me, "Do you think everything's all right?" I said, "Yes. I don't feel anything's wrong." She paced around a while. "Aren't you worried?" she asked me. "No," I said. More pacing. Then she stopped in front of me, looked me in the eye, and said, "Well, worry, damnit. Worry!"

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My mom is 94, and lives alone. I take care of all of her needs such as shopping banking, doctor trips, etc. She is constantly telling me that she would not know what she would do without me. I also have gotten into the habit of calling her every morning at about 7:15 AM.

On a few occasions, I have become involved in something, lost track, and did not call her at the appointed time. When I did call, her response is,

"I was so w-o-r-r-i-e-d."

When I ask her what she was worried about, her stock answer is, "I thought that something happened to your husband!"

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seattlefriend wrote:

Hey Noo Yawk, thanks for vouching for me!
You bet I'm a person, or is it a poy-son?? The spelling is tricky on that one i'nit? If I spell it with an 'I' , it comes out 'poison' eeek! Or, if I add an 's', I become a fish (en français.)

Seattle poisson

I had a French teacher at school (he was actually Swiss), who used to say:

"Poisson sans bon vin, c'est poison!"

Laughing

Just got to the whole lox/bagel thing...I LOVE good bagels. We get the real bagels in London, too. Even at the football ground (Arsenal), as North London is much more Jewish than South.

I learned a great bit of Yiddish in a bagel shop in Boston, when I was accused of "kibitzing" with the woman next to me, while standing on line.

Funny word, funny world. KP

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kitchenpete wrote:

"Poisson sans bon vin, c'est poison!"

This must have been taught in the first year when studying Romanism - nearly all of my French teachers (all Germans, all studied at different universities) told us such.

Funny, funny world, indeed :wink:

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

When I was at the doctr's (for and with my mother, 83), and we we were waiting in the consultation room, she reminded me twice, to say "Good morning" to the doctor and to shake hands with her.
And of course she phoned me twice the day before, reminding me of being properly dressed the other day.

Goodness, Walter - I'd never considered you as slovenly and ill-mannered before. You hide it well, but I guess your mother knows..... Twisted Evil

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Et tu, margo. Crying or Very sad

(You may like to join the "women-who-want-to-change-Walter-club", a club, with a tradition of over 55 years, besides the main German, a fully working England branch ... ! :wink: )

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I don't want to change Walter, do you, Margo?

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