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And don't forget Gabe Kapler, strongest Jew since Samson (excluding me).
No worries there PJ:yeeha: He was Hot,end of story
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.And don't forget Gabe Kapler, strongest Jew since Samson (excluding me).
You tell 'em, brother! (Except about the conspiracy. Shh.)
Anybody with old Jewish relatives has heard the "you know, he's Jewish" bit a hundred times -- always about people in the fields where Jews typically do worst. I guess it's kind of like stuffed derma or matzoh brei. If you grew up with it, it seems perfectly normal. If not, you're like "what the heck is that crap?"
Don't kill me for being politically incorrect, but for some reason when I read about Andre and this honor, I remembered something I hadn't thought about in decades. Mad Magazine (forget the current rendition; only people over 40 or 50 can understand its influence) used to occassionally run the 'Mad Library of Extremely Thin Books' and one that was included was "Jewish Sports Legends", or something like that. Of course at that time I don't know if there would have been anybody in such a 'book' other than Red Auerbach and Sandy Koufax.
Don't kill me for being politically incorrect, but for some reason when I read about Andre and this honor, I remembered something I hadn't thought about in decades. Mad Magazine (forget the current rendition; only people over 40 or 50 can understand its influence) used to occassionally run the 'Mad Library of Extremely Thin Books' and one that was included was "Jewish Sports Legends", or something like that. Of course at that time I don't know if there would have been anybody in such a 'book' other than Red Auerbach and Sandy Koufax.
It's not politically incorrect if it's true! :singing::singing:
I assume everyone's seen this, but you never know.
The key to comedy is timing. Take that Mel Gibson!
Denis Leary tells Mel Gibson to shove it (video) | PEEK | AlterNet
Freaking funny stuff, thx for posting Ray Clay - I forgot about that precious clip.
Denis Leary and one of the all time funniest guys, Lenny Clarke - tore it up that day.
Don't kill me for being politically incorrect, but for some reason when I read about Andre and this honor, I remembered something I hadn't thought about in decades. Mad Magazine (forget the current rendition; only people over 40 or 50 can understand its influence) used to occassionally run the 'Mad Library of Extremely Thin Books' and one that was included was "Jewish Sports Legends", or something like that. Of course at that time I don't know if there would have been anybody in such a 'book' other than Red Auerbach and Sandy Koufax.
(we're loud, but there are only 13 million of us in the world)
Are you sure? This really surprises me. How many are in the U.S. alone? How many in China? D)
Yup, that's it. There are about 5.6 million in Israel, 5.3 million in the US, and I know of 5 in China. The rest are scattered around the world.
That's it. 0.2% of the world's population and 1/100 the number of Muslims in the world and probably 1/80 or 1/90 the number of Christians.
Hey, wait a minute...... we have an Israeli Gold Medalist now and I don't want to hear any nonsense about windsurfing not being a real sport.Although for those that want to know the real answer, it's because Jews suck at sports and we want to simultaneously make ourselves feel better about this and distract the world with our sports accomplishments while running the media and world bank.
ha, you're exactly right about that. Yep, we love our high-achieving tribe members who aren't involved in show business or finance. Hey, did you guys ever hear that Sandy Koufax was a Jew? True story.
It's actually akin to anything related to Rhode Island. I get excited whenever there's a reference to RI outside of the Ocean State. Two nights ago I was bragging to my wife about how "Coach" from Cheers is buried in RI. Why I take pride in something like that or the fact that Sammy Davis Jr. was in the minyan is beyond me.
Yeah, I read this a while ago (I read 16mil, but still). It amazed me, especially given how many I went to school with growing up.
I think the answer is, who cares? If someone wants to have a hall of fame for anything and people find it interesting why should anyone else care?
Hey did you know Youk was Jewish
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it's true, I always say hey, did you know so and so was Jewish
It's probably because looking at someone you can't tell that they're Jewish, like some other minorities, but at the same time we feel as much as a minority as they do (in some ways)