tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post4545311409922328165..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: An Ashkenzi and a Sephardi walk into a 19th century smoking ancedote/ pun in HebrewMississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-14171968982641270322012-12-06T11:35:41.508-05:002012-12-06T11:35:41.508-05:00very funny!
Michoel
very funny!<br /><br />Michoel<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-81641777851913762302012-12-06T11:33:45.483-05:002012-12-06T11:33:45.483-05:00excellent!
Michoelexcellent!<br /><br /><br />MichoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-84067583355558366592012-12-04T14:50:41.147-05:002012-12-04T14:50:41.147-05:00Nice!Nice!Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-77061230522331076702012-12-04T14:22:05.721-05:002012-12-04T14:22:05.721-05:00Someone in the Beis Yeshaya (Mir Yeshiva) once p...Someone in the Beis Yeshaya (Mir Yeshiva) once put up a sign:<br /><br />"Found packet of cigarettes. The loser should contact 050-..."<br /><br />In that case it was an Israeli translating into English, I think. shaul shapiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-60670705883406130802012-12-03T05:09:33.814-05:002012-12-03T05:09:33.814-05:00I know, but he wasn't successful with it, and ...I know, but he wasn't successful with it, and most people wouldn't call a smoker a fool.Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-79918090753984714112012-12-03T02:33:27.780-05:002012-12-03T02:33:27.780-05:00Lipman, even King James I wrote a pamphlet against...Lipman, even King James I wrote a pamphlet against smoking. "A Counterblast to Tobacco," I think.Nachumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-73182852677199100672012-12-01T23:09:57.964-05:002012-12-01T23:09:57.964-05:00Gevaldig....
Gevaldig....<br />Pactura Observahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312077443316784070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-3335618513307303602012-11-30T06:32:31.044-05:002012-11-30T06:32:31.044-05:00The pun slightly loses by saying "may also be...The pun slightly loses by saying "may also be a fool on Rosh Hashanah" instead of "is also a fool".<br /><br />I wonder if the point was implied that you're a fool if you smoke. This was a considerable time before the Surgeon General's Report, but it's well possible.<br /><br />Thirdly, nice that the term was still "drink smoke" in Hebrew at the time, as in all languages in earlier periods. (Are there still languages who express it like that?)Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-13664226564740302112012-11-30T02:07:20.935-05:002012-11-30T02:07:20.935-05:00On the flip-side of this, Sepharadim cringe when h...On the flip-side of this, Sepharadim cringe when hearing Ashkenazim say היום הרת עולם.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-88403519864167255952012-11-30T01:35:07.674-05:002012-11-30T01:35:07.674-05:00lol.lol.Reuven Chaim Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836805247888732019noreply@blogger.com