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07 February 2008

Weird Yiddish. Inspired by Jon's post.

post by: Astro Zombie 4 at: 18:20 | 7 comments

Why did he run like that when we saw him in the village?

The old man says that in his town there is a man with two heads.

Well, dere's yer problem, right dere!

[These are good.]

posted by Atom Eyes 07 February | 18:28

Man, those are freaky.

posted by CitrusFreak12 07 February | 18:30

Man, these conjure some weird, dreamlike images, don't they?

Her father is not well; he always lives in the forest.

If your little brother will come to our house, we will give him a small knife.

posted by BoringPostcards 07 February | 18:35

Mother, where are my spoons?

I almost want to write a novel now, just so I can use that as the title.

posted by bmarkey 07 February | 19:02

It could be another loving family of junkies story.

i use to have this great book of Yiddish slangs and idioms i gave as a gift to someone who converted. Yiddish idioms are great, like, "He's like a fart in a foggy soup."

God, i miss the jews.

posted by ethylene 07 February | 19:11

What's an Astro Zombie for?

posted by cortex 07 February | 19:36

That's awesome.

posted by amro 08 February | 08:14

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