<p>Yes, I am old enough to remember the “Laverne & Shirley” theme song. But, as I am Jewish, and currently live in Brooklyn, I feel it is my duty to give better definitions and spelling for these words. So, I will quote others who are better writers than I:</p>
<p>"Leo Rosten in his Hooray for Yiddish! masterfully explains the different shades of meaning in words such as these, for example, “A schlemiel is always spilling hot soupdown the neck of a schlimazel.”</p>
<p>So, we see that the schlemiel is the person doing bad things, and the schlimazel is the one to whom bad things happen.</p>
<p>Keylyme, I am sure your pastor is very wise, but to trust a NE pastor on Yiddish words is just meshuge (meh∙shoo’∙geh = crazy). :)</p>
<p>Haha…I was sure I had the spellings wrong, and I was quite probably the one who reversed the definitions…thanks for straightening that out!</p>
<p>OK, back to the topic at hand. We have a revisit day coming up and my D is absolutely ferklempt about what to wear.</p>
<p>Nice slacks, nice sweater. Remember the schools are now trying to sell you! You don’t have to worry about selling yourself - you already did that quite successfully!
Relax, everyone! You’re in!</p>
<p>Laxitaxi- Are you offering Yiddish lessons? Better teach them what schmuck really means.</p>
<p>LaxCoach: done.</p>
<p>[Urban</a> Dictionary: shmuck](<a href=“Urban Dictionary: shmuck]Urban”>Urban Dictionary: shmuck)</p>
<p>So the Rabbi collects all the shmucks he has removed over the years.
For his brother in law’s birthday present he has them made into a wallet.</p>
<p>Upon receiving the gift the brother in law exclaims, “this is all I get, a stinking wallet?!?”.</p>
<p>The Rabbi replies, " Relax. Rub it for a few minutes and it turns into a suitcase."</p>
<p>OK, now I’m suspended.</p>
<p>^^^^fun is fun: that was a good laugh! I am not sure which of these threads has given me the most laughs over the last few days: this one, the one about s’mores vs. banana splits, or the one about the best schools to prepare you for the presidency. </p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for some funny posts!</p>
<p>Thanks, but I’ll probably still get suspended…</p>
<p>I vote to keep fun is fun on the island.</p>
<p>I agree. Besides I need something to do while D makes pro/con lists and agonizes. This keeps me from obsessively collecting information to further weigh into her decisions.</p>
<p>Don’t suspend him moderators. He told a good joke and we all know that you guys are laughing right now.</p>