Comments on: Food of the gods

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:40:25 +0000

That’s OK, Soccerdad. Feel free to give a typical Jewish reaction: “It’s an old joke. You told it wrong. I have a better version.”

Meanwhile, a friend in Israel sent me this one:

A man is driving on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway when he runs into a massive traffic jam. He gets out of his car to see what’s going on and sees a guy coming down the rows of cars.

He asks the guy what’s happening and the guy tells him, “Terrorists have kidnapped the heads of all the political parties.They say if we don’t come up with a hundred million dollar ransom they’ll pour gasoline over them and light them on fire. I’m taking contributions.”

The man asks, “What are most people giving?” and the guy replies, “About a gallon.”

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:42:31 +0000

I think we’d do better on the way home, Jay. I never have enough time on the way to T-Day dinner.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:30:04 +0000

Hey Meryl!!! Lemme know when you take the road trip to Joizey maybe we can catch a meal.

By: Ben-David

Ben-David — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:14:06 +0000

The tree is very beautiful as well. If you have the space (it’s large) it should definitely be a feature of any garden.

There are new disease-resistant varieties available – crosses between American and Chinese varieties.

By: Soccerdad

Soccerdad — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:35:38 +0000

D*** it, Alex I was about to post that joke.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:26:04 +0000

Reminds me of when I lived in Chicago, Meryl. The Chicago Chess Club used to meet in the lobby of the Palmer House Hotel, but the manager had them leave after their most dedicated players were disturbing guests by their loud bragging about their talents and achiements. He told the newspaper, “I’d had it with those chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.”

By: Rondi

Rondi — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:22:54 +0000

Good for ya, too, and low in fat (on the relative scale of nuts).