Monday, April 30, 2012

Oy my little yiddisher pickel,



"Oy why do you make me dress up in my french maid's outfit ricpic?"
"What would Rabbi Glickstein think if he knew?"
"Of course he makes me dress up like a cossack."
"I will never do this again if my name isn't Molly Picon!"

89 comments:

chickelit said...

I bet she's good at hoovering.

Chip S. said...

ironrailsetc. wants to know how deep the pile is on that carpet.

(Is that bit stale yet?)

chickelit said...

But hoovering was more a Catholic practice (so I heard once).

blake said...

I...uh...yeah.

Anonymous said...

My mother always said to wear clean underwear, you never know...

chickelit said...

She's doing the NBC pose...lean forward and suck.

chickelit said...

The Dutch term for vacuum cleaner is stofzuiger = dust sucker. That is so not sterile sounding.

ndspinelli said...

Jew porn?

Chip S. said...

Now, now. Don't propagate a stereotype just because Dominique Strauss-Kahn happens to be Jewish.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Crack's site was shut down...

The Dude said...

Not to worry, EBL, if we wish to visit crappy, unintelligible websites written by hacks and link whores, we can always go to yours.

ndspinelli said...

Sixty seems to be straddling the cottons.

The Dude said...

Nah, just raggin' on a crappy website. Perhaps it was meant in jest.

chickelit said...

Anybody seen MamaM lately?

BJM said...

@Kleine Kip

Zijn uw mensen Nederlanders? Van mij ben van Willemstad.

BJM said...

@EBL

Crack's site was shut down

WTF for? Who got him?

chickelit said...

@BJM: My inlaws are Dutch, and I enjoy picking up pieces of languages and reprocessing them. My wife still speaks Dutch (her mother tongue) but was raised here. Her family is from Utrecht. We are way overdue for a visit back.

chickelit said...

@BJM: Have you seen Stuff Dutch People Like?

Anonymous said...

Oh those lazy Dutch socialists! #38

The Dude said...

Don't get your pisvleked red pants in a knot - it'll give your klootzak syphilis or something.

What a funny bunch of chocolate eaters!

Anonymous said...

They are the happiest women in the world! What's not to like about the Dutch, good chocolate, happy people.

chickelit said...

There's a reason they never moved back, Allie.

chickelit said...

BTW, what's up with your galpal Leslyn picking on Lem?

chickelit said...

Leslyn has a familar vibe...

The Dude said...

Ever work for them? Hang around with them? Try and understand their fractured English? They make Icelanders look modest and unassuming, and that's saying something.

Keep America out of Dutch!

Dutch Elm disease, Dutch Treat, Dutch Ovens - for the love of God, haven't they done enough damage already?

Anonymous said...

I bet the relatives back in Holland are happy. Wonderful country.

My relatives in Germany, Nordrhein Westfalen area, are quite happy with their life there and have told me to come live in Germany, especially when I had a lot of health issues a few years back.

They have told us we should've been more patient and not emigrated to America and went to Germany instead like they did.

My cousin ran for Burgermeister of Polsum, he lost.

Chip S. said...

dikes.

The Dude said...

Your other cousin, Garage, ran over a Polsum, which he ate.

Anonymous said...

PS, I don't really like Germans that much. Anywhere you go in Germany, even if you speak the language they seem to know you are American.

Anonymous said...

Sixty, as long as he doesn't cook it up in a stew and try to pass it off as chicken.

chickelit said...

Anywhere you go in Germany, even if you speak the language they seem to know you are American.

All Europeans use dialects to mark those distinctions even amongst themselves and it's not a German thing either--think different British accents within the isle.

In Italy for example, pronunciation for the word for 5, cinque, changes from sink-way, to shink-way to chink-way to kink-way depending on which city.

chickelit said...

When florentine Italian was standardized into Italian, even the Florentines evolved a new sound.

The Dude said...

Interesting - I always said "chink-way", but then again, no Italian ever thought I was anything other than an American tourist - a grown man wearing sneakers - really! That's like a man wearing shorts in Wisconsin - unheard of.

What's a chink weigh? No, that's racist. What's a Steinway? Better.

chickelit said...

@Sixty: I think the Romans or the Venetians drop hard c's. They would say ho-ka ho-la for for coca-cola. Probably the Venetians because they are of the venereal persuasion.

When I lived in Switzerland I attempted to learn Swiss German. Allie might appreciate this because the language blends smoothly into Swabian.

chickelit said...

Dialects of course are considered declasse. Intellectuals prefer speaking a standardized version of their language. So if you passed through any European cities, you probably never encountered much dialect.

Anonymous said...

Polsum isn't far from Amsterdam, I wish I would've visited and spent happy hour in the legal hooka bar, serving up some good hashish.

Not really, I'd rather have the chocolate.

chickelit said...

Sixty Grit said...
Nah, just raggin' on a crappy website. Perhaps it was meant in jest.

Well, that was mean for Trooper York standards. I would have been hurt if I were EBL.

I think we should only talk that way about people who are not here (or won't come out of the lurking shadows).

The Dude said...

On the other hand, EBL is a rat bastard and I was holding back. His website really does suck - have you tried to read that drivel? He makes Crack look coherent.

chickelit said...

And I like EBL's site because she tends to run 2 to 3 hours (sometimes days) ahead of others.

JMHO

chickelit said...

Sixty, there must a lot of background and inside baseball behind a lot of what you're getting at. I'm not privy to anything and only know what seems obvious to me.

The Dude said...

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I, for one, am not amused by EBL.

chickelit said...

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree.

I'll agree as long as it's agreeable.

The Dude said...

When have I ever been anything other than agreeable, am I right? Oh, well, there was that one time. And the other 50 or 100 times, but seriously, other than that, I'm good...

rcommal said...

Lost, as usual.

AllenS said...

Here's a picture of me and my sister, Yvonne. This was back before global warming and you had to skate everywhere you wanted to go.

Michael Haz said...

Allen - I always imagined you were a much taller man.

Michael Haz said...

So the only good thing that comes from Holland is the train to Germany?

chickelit said...

Shhhsh. We're pretending to be lepers in a hockey game.

Michael Haz said...

Holland seems quite interesting. I'm reading a tour guide.

Hollanders do not like spending money. They would rather cut off an ear. A Hollander will be your friend for life if you give him something for free. This might explain the great success of McDonalds in Holland. The story that copper wire is an invention of two Hollanders fighting over a found cent is absolutely true.

chickelit said...

How ricpic never shows up at his own parties?

Michael Haz said...

Yes, interesting, indeed.

Hollanders drown fried patato-sticks (Chips) in litres of mayonnaise and put it in a pointed paper bag. This is called : Een patatje met. One such bag is able to keep you alive for an unlimited period of time. It is only uncertain if this is a life worth living. But there have been sightings of tourists actually enjoying a patatje met.

chickelit said...

I'll foam at the mouth if I find out this is fomentation

Michael Haz said...

Huh. Holland has an aristocracy. Didn't know that.

Holland is a kingdom.It just doesn't have a king but a queen and her husband is not king but a prince. The queen does not rule -much- but she's very capable in cutting ribbons and visiting other countries. She is also very decorative at state banquettes. Her son, the crown prince, will take over if she stops queening. His wife in turn will be queen so that Holland will finally have a king and queen again. April 30 is queensday but it is not the birthday of the queen but princes Juliana's, who used to be queen. With things like this it's only logical that more and more people want Holland to be a republic. Queensday, by the way, is just an excuse to drink lots of beer and sell all their old junk on the streets.

Michael Haz said...

*Change topic*

By the way, "Leslyn" is actually "Meade" spelled in Klingon.

chickelit said...

Holland only one province in the Netherlands

chickelit said...

By the way, "Leslyn" is actually "Meade" spelled in Klingon.

Proof?

chickelit said...

I don't mean that as a defence of Meade. But why would Meade go after Lem in a vicious way?

Chip S. said...

Belated May Day greetings, comrades.

Chip S. said...

Wow, that comment bombed.

I hope I haven't burned any bridges here.

BJM said...

@Chickie

OMG stamppot...it is the worsten of dishes and the best of dishes.

Oma made succulent veal & pork sausages to serve with her Boerenkoolstamppot.

That side of the family have all passed, so now I'm an assimulated Italian...but I still crave me a good Stroopwafel.

BJM said...

@Chip

*Snert*

You should take that to teh Twitter.

Chip S. said...

As you wish, BJM.

Shit. Now Sixty's gonna call me out for linkwhoring.

Chip S. said...

Speaking of twitter, my faith in Klouchebag's algorithm is not high.

Anonymous said...

I like you new avatar Chip. Was it taken after your weekend in Harvard Square last St. Paddy's day?

Anonymous said...

Your

Chip S. said...

No. The mug shot they took in Boston wasn't very flattering.

The Dude said...

Chip S. - I might consider calling you that, but only if you show up in random places, such as the now-defunct Surber site, touting a sub-par blog using off topic comments full of whiny begging.

Until then, link away!

Trooper York said...

I knew a post with panties would bring a lot of comments.

So would one with Sarah Palin.

Now if I only did one with Sarah Palin in panties!

BJM said...

@Allie

even if you speak the language they seem to know you are American.

The tip off is your clothing, shoes and shiny clean hair.

Americans also tend to be overly personal with strangers. We think of it as being friendly but it's off putting in many cultures.

Michael Haz said...

Off-putting? What is the opposite of that? On-putting?

As in "I will be on-putting my clothes, down-going the stairs, then out-going the door, in-getting the car, down-shifting the transmission and then slow-going through traffic."

Michael Haz said...

When people say "I want to give you some input" maybe they really mean "let's have sex".

Michael Haz said...

In hopes that you will, you know, out-put.

Michael Haz said...

I have been afflicted with Henry Kissinger's disease: the use of nouns as verbs.

We can dialogue about it if you wish.

chickelit said...

Doffing and doning.

"Doff we now our gay apparel, fa la la, la-la-la, la...la...la."

The German says aufmachen, meaning to open. The Swiss German says oofdoen (pronounced oof-do'n)

/pedantry off

chickelit said...

Separable prefix verbs are foreign to romance languages.

Anonymous said...

BJM, true both my mother and myself were amazed at how they knew we were American. I think the cleanliness part wasn't a factor though, Germans are clean freaks.

Anonymous said...

My daughter and son in law did visit Amsterdam and said the city was filthy, dog crap on the streets.

BJM said...

@Chicklit

So if you passed through any European cities, you probably never encountered much dialect.

I dunno, think it's more a function of the polygot nature of cities and that you're not a native speaker...although elistist language tomfoolery exists everywhere. In Mexico City the elites speak Castilian Spanish which is hardly representative of the rest of the country.

Then there's Italy where distrust of outsiders is still the norm and formal Italian is used as a shield.

I've been in italian shops, restaurants and bars where the language noticeably shifts from dialect when an unknown person enters. Had you entered you would assume that they were previously speaking standard Italian.

Then there's the UK where I rest my case, M'Lord.

chickelit said...

@Allie: echt vies

ndspinelli said...

Or Palin sans panties.

AllenS said...

Good go to hell. Where do you find these pictures?

The Dude said...

I'm with you AllenS - that photo is so odd I can't even begin to explain it - sure, there was a guy back in the 20s who had a stockings/vacuum cleaner/embroidered furniture/carpet (we can assume carpet, right?) fetish, but really - WTF?

AllenS said...

Sixty,

If he could find a picture of Christie Brinkley bent over like that, I'd be all WOOOOO HOOOOO!

The Dude said...

Perhaps we should assist him in that noble effort.

The Dude said...

Yes?

rcommal said...

What I look for is vibrancy, so vital a thing.

rcommal said...

And also cross-tribe appreciation, with cross-tribe loyalty an added benefit, in both cases going both ways.

If you knew me better, you'd know I do that every day. And so I do take a stand, every day, whether you know it or not. I suspect you do, too, whether I know it or not.

??

chickelit said...

We're a tribe but we're never cross. :)

chickelit said...

Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One ha' penny, two ha' penny,
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons
One ha' penny,
Two ha' penny,
Hot Cross Buns!