> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Friedman [mailto:jerry_friedman at yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:47 PM <SNIPAROO> > > > > > Now, these things are not necessarily bad in > > > > isolation, but in concert I feel I've been want-not-needed. > > > > > > However, we *needed* a joke that I remember from _The Joys of > > > Yiddish_. > > > > Woosh. > > I was hoping you'd ask. Not verbatim: > > A Martian lands in New York. Wandering around the Lower East > Side, he sees a bakery and goes in. "What are those little > wheels in the window?" > > The owner says, "Those aren't wheels, they're 'bagels'. We > eat them. Here, try one." > > The Martian chews on it and says, "Man! These would go great > with cream cheese and lox!" > > I've never gotten this reference. Why would cream cheese go with liquid oxygen? I mean, cool thought, but it's a bust as a catalyst. W (and please don't fall for the straight face lox, stocks and barrel)