LPPM MMV "His Roommate at College"

[Otto]

Wonderful websites, Dave; thanks:

Momma's Ruggelach

Sid was lying on his deathbed. Marty, his oldest, was at his side. His wife,
Leah was in the kitchen, baking her famous ruggelach. The delicious smell
drifted from the kitchen to the bedroom. Sid takes Marty's hand and says to
him, "Marty, be a good boy...go bring me one of Mama's ruggelach, I should
die a happy man with that taste on my tongue..."

So, Marty, being a good boy, goes into the kitchen and reaches for a
ruggelach from the plate. Before Marty can even touch it, Mama slaps his
hand away.

"Don't touch those ruggelach!" she says to him.

"But Mama," says Marty, "It's for Papa. He only wants to have the taste of
your baking on his lips when he dies."

"Get out of here!!" she scolds, shooing him out. "They're for the shiva!"
http://www.bubbygram.com/zenjewishhumor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 2:36 AM
Subject: LPPM MMV "His Roommate at College"


>
> schmuck
>
> PRONUNCIATION: shmuk
> VARIANT FORMS: also shmuck
> NOUN: Slang A clumsy or stupid person; an oaf.
> ETYMOLOGY: Yiddish shmok, penis, fool, probably from
> Polish smok, serpent, tail.
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/61/84/S0138400.html
>
> Shmuck: another of the many Yiddish words for "penis."
> Although it has the same basic meaning as "putz," a
> shmuck generally refers to someone with greater power
> or social or emotional status.
>
> http://www.bubbygram.com/yiddishglossary.htm
>
> And see as well, e.g., ...
>
> http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Yiddish_language
>
> I would note that this WASN'T glossed at ...
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> http://hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/Yiddish_Words/yiddish_words.html
>
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