February 12, 2004

A Great Laugh

Natalie has a terrifically funny post today. Go read.

It reminded me of the time the Mormons came to the door and wanted to talk faith with me. The lady of the group asked me if I was familiar with a certain passage in the New Testament. I cut her off and said, "Well, we Jews really don't cotton much to the NT." She looked a bit stunned. They left.

I'm sure my parish priest would have been pleased.

Posted by Cathy at February 12, 2004 10:54 AM
Comments

I recommend showing up at the door with a knife in hand (a bit of blood on the blade is a nice touch) and say "Pardon me, but I'm in the middle of a sacrifice. Could you come back later?"

Posted by: aelfheld at February 12, 2004 12:08 PM

Heh!

Posted by: Cathy at February 12, 2004 12:19 PM

Real Jews would NEVER say that they "don't cotton much" to ANYTHING. Just wouldn't happen.

If you want to impersonate a Jew you should feel the sleeve of their coat and ask, "Who made this? Was it Lowenstein? I bet he really gouged ya, too. You want quality stuff, go to Goldberg's and tell him I sent you - he'll treat you right. Now, who's hungry? Come on inside before you catch your death out there in the cold - and let me tell you about the nice young man I met at the doctor's office - he'd be PERFECT for you!"

They'll run.

Posted by: picklejuice at February 12, 2004 05:41 PM

(sigh) Is it not enough that I link to you and declare you're a very funny writer? Do you have to come here and out-funny me on my own blog?

Dammit.

It's just not fair. Younger and funnier than me. I think I might have to find a new crush.

Posted by: Cathy at February 12, 2004 10:00 PM

I had a similar experience. I found the mammal sacrifice line works nicely.

Posted by: Davep at February 13, 2004 01:30 PM

Just tell 'em to skip to the part where you get your own planet to rule.

Posted by: Mark Hasty at February 14, 2004 08:00 PM